St. Louis City committee advances eight speed-hump board bills to slow traffic near schools

The St. Louis City Public Infrastructure and Utilities Committee advanced eight board bills on Wednesday that would authorize installation of speed humps on blocks across multiple wards.

Alderwoman Laura Keyes, presenting board bill 81, told the committee the stretch of Washington Avenue near the 3600–3800 blocks — adjacent to a Montessori elementary school and Loyola Academy — has motorists traveling “really, very, very fast.” She said volunteers have been directing crossings and that “we really do need speed humps as an additional barrier, to keep the children in that area safe.” Keyes asked the committee for a favorable, do-pass recommendation; the committee approved the bill and forwarded it out of committee.

Vice Chair Schweitzer described board bill 135 as the result of a neighborhood petition in Boulevard Heights and said more than half of residences…