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Cocke County adopts traffic-calming policy for local roads; petition thresholds and measures defined
Summary
The county adopted a traffic-calming policy that sets petition thresholds, data requirements, allowable measures and design principles for minor and major subdivision streets; Highway Commission procedures and review steps were formalized.
Cocke County commissioners on Sept. 15 approved a countywide traffic-calming policy and procedures after the Highway Commission recommended the policy in late August.
The policy sets a process for residents or commissioners to petition the Highway Department for a traffic study, requires petitions to include signatures from at least 67% of occupied households in a petition area, and directs staff to collect vehicular speed/volume data and three years of accident reports before…
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