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Edge Hill residents urge Ogden to reroute construction detour; mayor promises review
Summary
Multiple Edge Hill residents presented a petition opposing routing detour traffic through their narrow, child‑populated street during Taylor Avenue speed‑table work and asked the city to close Edge Hill to through traffic or reroute to Skyline; the mayor pledged staff will examine closures and other remedies while following engineering standards.
Dozens of Edge Hill Drive residents told the Ogden City Council on Oct. 7, 2025, that a proposed or existing detour routing construction traffic from Taylor Avenue through their narrow, sidewalk‑less street creates an immediate danger to the many children who live there.
Gina Schafer said the neighborhood petition represents roughly 91% of households on Edge Hill (49 Ogden City voters) and described the street as narrow, lined with mature trees and lacking sidewalks. She said the neighborhood includes “more than 30” children and asked the city to close Edge Hill to through traffic during construction or route traffic to Skyline Drive, an arterial designed for the volume.
Several neighbors described observations captured during a police presence that included multiple speeding citations in a single hour and said temporary barriers reduced traffic while they were in place. Resident Sean Veil told the council that during a short patrol officers issued four speeding tickets and recorded average speeds exceeding the posted limit by about 10 mph; Chandler Copenhaver described an instance of a vehicle clocked at roughly 55 mph.
Mayor Nadalski responded that the city shares residents’ safety concerns, that temporary speed‑table installations on Taylor are intended to slow rather than divert traffic, and that staff will review engineering options, potential closures, and other remedies while following state engineering standards. The mayor committed to return to the neighborhood with recommendations and emphasized the need to move carefully and communicate quickly.
Councilmembers thanked residents for attending, encouraged continued communication, and urged the city’s engineering team to explore traffic‑calming or detour routing using existing arterial routes (Country Hills and Skyline) that could avoid very small residential streets.
No formal decision to close Edge Hill was recorded; staff follow‑up and engineering analysis were requested.
