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Lewis County rejects proposed speed‑limit increase on Bunker Creek Road after strong local opposition
Summary
County engineers recommended raising a segment of Bunker Creek Road to 30 mph based on an engineering study, but commissioners voted to not approve Ordinance 225 after residents and business owners urged crosswalks, enforcement and lower limits for pedestrian safety.
Lewis County commissioners declined to approve a proposed speed‑limit change on Bunker Creek Road after a public hearing in which business owners and residents urged the board to prioritize pedestrian safety over an engineering recommendation.
County Engineer Wes Anderson recommended Ordinance 225, asking the board to set a 30‑mph limit on a roughly 0.93‑mile stretch of Bunker Creek Road based on an engineering and traffic investigation that used the 85th‑percentile operating‑speed methodology. Anderson recommended amending the proposed limit to extend to milepost 1.1 (the start of a horizontal curve) after additional counts showed a local 85th percentile around 36 mph near the curve.
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