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Resident asks for geese‑crossing signs, lower speeds near Soddy Lake; commission asks City Manager to study options
Summary
A Soddy‑Daisy resident urged the council to install geese‑crossing signs and lower speed limits near Soddy Lake to protect children and molting geese. The commission voted to have the City Manager pursue an engineering study and discussed interim speed trailers and a planned Dayton Pike paving project.
At the June 1 meeting of the Soddy‑Daisy Board of Commissioners, resident Reggie Correll urged the city to install geese‑crossing signs and reduce the speed limit along Dayton Pike near Soddy Lake and the ballfields.
"I feel there should be geese crossing signs installed and I am willing to purchase these if the City will install them," Correll said, noting that the park and ballfields are used by a large number of children and that it is molting season for the geese.
Commissioner Shipley said he had asked Correll to bring the concern to the board and reported he had discussed it with Police Chief Sneed and Captain Petty. Shipley told the board the Kids Club currently has about 650 children participating this season, and he said he supports measures to improve safety. Captain Petty told the commission he also "felt it would be beneficial to reduce the speed limit along the lake."
City Attorney Elliott cautioned that, "in order to reduce the speed limit and for it to be enforceable in Tennessee, the City would have to have an engineering study done in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices." Elliott added that geese‑crossing signs that are not traffic control devices do not require that engineering study.
On a motion by Commissioner Shipley, seconded by Commissioner Keith, the board voted unanimously to have City Manager Johnson look into the engineering study for the Dayton Pike segment described in the discussion. Mayor Everett also suggested deploying speed trailers along the lake as an interim measure to slow motorists until any study or regulatory change is completed.
Public Works Director Grant provided an update on a Dayton Pike paving project expected to begin June 12; he outlined project limits and said striping costs are roughly $1,200–$1,500 per line mile for the striping plan discussed (six lines: four yellow and two white), though he could not provide a final cost estimate at the meeting. Mayor Everett announced the city's Independence Day celebration for July 1 at North Park near the ballfields.
The commission did not take immediate regulatory action to lower the posted speed limit at the meeting; it directed staff to pursue an engineering study and to explore interim measures.
