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Des Moines resident urges Polk County to cut speed on Northeast 64th Street; county staff says a corridor study is underway
Summary
A Downtown Des Moines resident asked Polk County supervisors to reduce the speed limit on Northeast 64th Street from 55 to 40 mph and add safety countermeasures after a fatal bicycle crash; county staff said an inventory and corridor study with MPO and Polk County Conservation is in progress.
Carol Maru, a Downtown Des Moines resident, used the public-comment portion of the Polk County Board of Supervisors meeting to ask the board to reduce the speed limit on Northeast 64th Street at the Chautauqua Valley Trail from 55 mph to 40 mph and to require safety countermeasures such as pavement markings, medians and flashing beacons.
Maru told supervisors that "reduced speeds will save lives" and cited a tragic…
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