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Committee advances Board Bill 76 to add speed humps in Penrose and Greater Ville neighborhoods
Summary
Alderman Tice’s Board Bill 76, proposing speed humps on residential blocks in Penrose, Greater Ville and part of Van De Ven, was advanced from the Public Infrastructure and Utilities Committee with a due-pass recommendation after the alderman said residents petitioned for the traffic-calming measures.
Alderman Tice introduced Board Bill 76 on Dec. 10, asking the committee to approve speed humps on residential streets in the Penrose neighborhood, The Ville/Greater Ville and parts of Van De Ven to complete a multi-year neighborhood safety plan. Tice said she authored an earlier ordinance that reduced administrative costs for installing speed humps and has sought petitions and neighborhood consensus for installations since 2021.
Committee members asked no substantive questions. Tice emphasized the measures target residential blocks, not primary arterials, and said the intent is to calm traffic that began speeding after recent repaving projects. She described the work as completing a plan in neighborhoods where residents requested humps and noted a block-by-block petition process.
The committee moved the bill with a due-pass recommendation and advanced it out of committee with no recorded objections. The motion was accepted under the committee’s procedural call (previously called) and the bill was recorded as passed out of committee with a due-pass recommendation.
Next steps: the bill will proceed to the full Board for further consideration and final action.
