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Chair seeks speed bumps and lower-speed signage for Jerusalem Court Road
Summary
Owsley County Chair asked the court to pursue speed bumps and posted speed-limit signs on Jerusalem Court Road, saying signage and a two-reading adoption will be required before an official limit is posted.
The meeting opened with routine business before Speaker 1 (Chair) raised a resident safety request for Jerusalem Court Road, urging the court to install speed bumps and put up speed-limit signage.
“I was wanting to see if I can get some, speed bumps and some speed limit signs on our road,” Speaker 1 said, offering videos to explain the concern and volunteering to help post signs.
The chair and staff discussed the process for changing posted speed limits, with Speaker 1 saying the county would need to follow posting and adoption steps and that the change may require two readings and newspaper notice. Speaker 1 also recommended placing “children at play” signage and suggested the county could obtain signs locally and have volunteers install them.
Speaker 1 acknowledged enforcement limits but argued that signs and speed bumps would reduce speeding: “It don't matter if there's anybody there to enforce it, but if you put a sign up ... you'll take away and force it ... Speed bumps should slow them down.”
Next steps recorded in the discussion: the court agreed to check the legal and procedural requirements for posted speed limits, run a notice in the local paper, and investigate procurement and placement of physical speed-calming signs and speed bumps. No formal motion or recorded vote on an ordinance or funding for signs appears in the transcript.
