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Residents press for radar signs and park safety after speeding fatalities reported
Summary
Residents and committee members emphasized traffic-calming measures on Kasanova, including replacement radar speed signs, citing intermittent sign function and two recent fatalities; staff outlined costs and the challenge of siting and securing community buy-in for speed-calming installations.
Residents pressed the NCIP committee to prioritize replacement of radar speed signs and other traffic-calming measures on Kasanova Avenue after commenters raised safety concerns.
Staff described a traffic-calming nomination that the applicant narrowed to radar speed signs at roughly $25,000 per sign (two signs ~ $50,000) and warned locating and installing these signs can be complicated and costly. The staff presentation noted that the committee could fund radar signs as a neighborhood or multi-neighborhood project and that a consultant and updated traffic data would be necessary for larger roadway changes.
Resident Robert Yoey told the committee existing radar signs on Kasanova have begun working intermittently and urged prompt replacement: “If you please fund these radar signs, we've already had two fatalities from speeding on Kasanova,” he said, arguing the human cost justifies prioritizing the signs and other park safety items such as gates and improved drinking fountains. Staff asked engineering to check whether intermittent operation is due to battery or circuitry issues and confirmed radar signs on other roads had required replacement in recent years.
Committee members discussed bundling radar-sign needs into a multi-neighborhood package or voting on recusal items first when applicable. Reggie said staff would follow up with submitters about bundling and would seek further verification of equipment condition and cost estimates before the Dec. 17 vote.
No formal action was taken Nov. 19; staff will investigate sign conditions, potential consultant costs and community siting constraints and return with options ahead of voting night.
