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Council splits on proposed citywide speed-limit changes; asks staff to re-evaluate contested segments
Summary
A traffic engineering speed survey covering 89 segments recommended lowering speeds on 30 segments. A motion to introduce the ordinance failed 2-2; council then directed staff to identify segments that legally justify maintaining current limits and to re-evaluate contested stretches before reintroducing changes.
City engineering staff presented a traffic engineering speed survey and recommended changes to posted speed limits on multiple street segments under rules tied to the 85th‑percentile methodology.
Engineering Manager Steven Barragan and City Engineer Dave Gilbertson said the survey used radar speed data, traffic counts and collision history. Gilbertson explained state rounding rules and said…
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