Committee reviews revised neighborhood traffic-calming policy that routes early enforcement to police

Spring Hill’s Transportation Advisory Committee reviewed a revised neighborhood traffic calming policy that routes initial complaints to the Spring Hill Police Department for data collection, education and enforcement before Public Works proceeds to scoring and potential physical treatments.

Gerald Bolden of Cordino Group told the committee the packet includes a marked-up version of the program and a rewritten flowchart showing the process change. "The modification...was the request going directly to Spring Hill PD and their design and whoever their designee will be for that and bringing forward the, basically the education and enforcement step in the process," Bolden said.

Under the revision, Spring Hill PD would collect speed data (for example using speed trailers), provide increased presence and enforce as needed, and then Public Works would reassess speeds and apply the established scoring matrix to determine whether geometric or physical measures are warranted. Bolden said the scoring values were adjusted to better fit the reordered process.

Committee members said the change reflects best practices the consultant gathered from local municipalities such as Franklin and Murfreesboro and other U.S. jurisdictions. The chair noted the intent is to emphasize education and enforcement "rather than going through studies and design plans" that lead immediately to construction, but also warned that sustained enforcement has budget implications.

The committee did not record any final vote on the policy changes during the meeting; members asked Public Works and the police to coordinate next steps and to return when implementation details and resource needs are clearer.

The committee moved on to project-specific items; staff recommended follow-up briefings to clarify resource needs and timelines for bringing the revised policy into practice.