Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Traffic Safety topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council, PSOC and schools coordinate on speed‑tables; council asks staff to reassess proposed speed-limit increases
Summary
After a joint session with PSOC and the River Delta School District, council heard staff updates on planned speed tables and Safe Routes to School installations; later the council reviewed a speed survey that recommended several speed‑limit increases and directed staff to research legal options to keep some limits lower.
City staff briefed the council and Public Safety and Oversight Commission on multiple traffic-safety measures aimed at school corridors and other problem locations, including three speed‑table installations to be bid for South 2nd Street and proposed flashing speed/stop signs funded by Safe Routes to School grants.
Commissioners said they had not had adequate opportunity to review the final siting decisions and asked staff to improve advance briefing and engagement. "We were just told, here it is," a PSOC commissioner said, urging the city to present draft plans to advisory bodies before firming locations.
Later in the evening staff presented a 2023 speed survey that recommended changing speed limits on a series of streets, including several Liberty Island Road segments and portions of Airport Road and Canright/McCormick. Several council members and members of the public opposed raising particular segments (notably Church Road and some Airport Road stretches) and argued for consistency across connected segments to reduce driver confusion.
Council directed staff to review applicable state rules that govern speed-limit setting and to return with options that would allow lowering or keeping current limits where public safety and local context justify it. Staff said adopting the formal speed survey is a necessary step for the police department to fully use lidar/radar enforcement tools within city limits.
No ordinance was adopted at the meeting; the council provided direction and asked staff to return with legal analysis and recommended traffic-control changes.
