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Council removes Lake Shore Drive speed bump after mixed resident feedback; police to run traffic study
Summary
After mixed comments from residents, the Village of Michiana Council removed a speed bump on Lake Shore Drive and asked Police Chief Ryan Layman to conduct a traffic study to collect data on speeds and volumes.
The Village of Michiana Council on July 12 removed a speed bump on Lake Shore Drive following public comment that ranged from opposition to support.
During the public-comment-on-agenda-items portion, resident Mark Zello said he was not in favor of the Lake Shore Drive speed bump and resident Liz Cutler, speaking as a bicyclist, said there are too many speed bumps in the Village; other residents said the bumps had helped to slow traffic. After reviewing placement of the Village’s ten existing speed bumps, Council member Tim McCarthy said he inspected locations with Carl Landwehr and the council voted to remove the bump at the contested location.
Council asked whether the mobile speed machine tracks usable data; Police Chief Ryan Layman said he could perform a traffic study to gather counts and speed information. The council did not set a timeline in the transcript for the traffic study or for any replacement traffic-calming measures.
No formal ordinance action was recorded; the decision recorded in the minutes is an operational change to traffic-calming infrastructure. Any further traffic-calming steps or ordinance changes will likely require follow-up from the police department or Planning Commission.
