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Legacy Lakes HOA urges Aberdeen to study removable speed cushions as neighborhood grows
Summary
At the May 26 Aberdeen Town Board meeting, Legacy Lakes HOA chair Mr. Rapp urged the town to study removable speed cushions to slow traffic as the neighborhood grows from about 368 homes toward 700; Police Chief Brian said the department will run targeted surveys and report back at a work session.
Mr. Rapp, who identified himself as chair of the Legacy Lakes Homeowners Association, asked the Aberdeen Town Board of Commissioners on May 26 to study and design traffic-calming measures for his neighborhood, emphasizing removable rubber speed cushions rather than raised speed bumps.
"I'm here to talk about what I'm gonna use the term traffic calming, slowing the traffic down in Legacy Lakes," Mr. Rapp told the board, describing a neighborhood that currently has about 368 homes and a planned build-out that could exceed 700 homes over the next decade. He said cushions are "removable" and designed so emergency vehicles with wider wheelbases can pass without slowing, while passenger cars would be slowed.
Planning and product details were a central part of Rapp's presentation. He described cushions as rubber, interlocking, highly visible when painted, and quick to install and remove for resurfacing. He said he researched manufacturers (noting Traffic Logic as one example) and asked the board to consider professional design and installation to preserve emergency access and reduce accident and liability risk.
Commissioner Helms responded with a cost estimate drawn from online sources, saying a typical installation set of cushions runs around $5,000 and that traditional speed humps might range from $5,000 to $18,000 depending on scope. An audience exchange included additional price figures and some transcription noise on per-piece amounts.
Police Chief Brian said the department had conducted a prior survey on Legacy Lakes Way (Nov. 16–19, 2025) that recorded 715 vehicles with an average speed of 25.4 mph. He recommended staff perform targeted surveys on the two specific streets identified by the HOA to determine whether further action is warranted and said he would bring those survey results back to the board before the next work session.
Chief Brian also noted the town's automated speed signs can operate in modes that either deter speeding or record data for enforcement, and he offered to provide the collected data to the HOA representative.
Next steps: the board asked staff and the police chief to gather additional data on the two streets Mr. Rapp identified and to place the topic on a future work session agenda for more detailed discussion. No formal motion or funding decision on installation was made at the meeting.
