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Committee backs quick-build traffic-calming for Gravois Avenue, urges 25 mph consideration
Summary
The St. Louis Public Infrastructure and Utilities Committee passed Resolution 197 directing near-term "quick-build" traffic-calming trials on high-risk stretches of Gravois Avenue, endorsing low-cost measures and asking staff to coordinate with MoDOT; advocates told the committee residents are being injured and killed while crossing the corridor.
Alderman Sonia introduced Resolution 197 on March 18, 2026, urging the city to implement near-term "quick-build" traffic-calming measures on high-risk segments of Gravois Avenue and to consider a 25 mph speed limit for the corridor.
The resolution, which the committee passed with a due-pass recommendation after unanimous cosponsorship, calls for low-cost, quickly deployable treatments such as vertical delineators, plastic flex posts, water-filled barriers and center-line hardening at several prioritized intersections. It also asks the city to use these trials to inform the longer-term Gravois repaving project currently planned for 2029.
Why it matters: Committee members and residents described Gravois…
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