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Johnston resident urges council to lower 107th Street speed limit; staff to collect more data
Summary
Resident Keith Cahoots told the council drivers race on 107th Street and asked the city to lower the posted speed; staff said outreach was sent to 326 residents via Nextdoor, speed-feedback cameras were repositioned and additional data will be collected for a future council report.
Keith Cahoots, a Johnston resident who lives on 107th Street, told the council he has been working to reduce the speed limit on his block after an incident in which an 18-year-old died and his wife was nearly struck.
Cahoots said the segment is a "very straight street" where drivers sometimes "race... 80, 90 miles an hour side by side," he said, and asked the council to support lowering the posted speed. He also said he had not received direct outreach from staff and questioned whether social-media notices were sufficient to gather neighborhood feedback.
Staffer Matt responded that outreach was distributed via the Nextdoor social app and reached 326 people in the targeted residential areas; he said staff recently repositioned speed-feedback cameras northward on the straightaway where the highest speeds were recorded and noted the 85th-percentile speed measured at roughly 42–43 mph. Matt told the council staff will collect additional speed data over the next month and return with results for further consideration.
Mayor thanked Cahoots for bringing his personal experience to the council and said staff will continue to gather information and consider other methods of public outreach if needed. No formal policy change was enacted at the meeting; council direction was to have staff collect more data and report back.
