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Oak Grove mayor asks staff to study traffic calming on 5th Street
Summary
Mayor Dana Webb asked staff to perform a traffic study of 5th Street and explore speed cushions to reduce speeding and semitruck cut-throughs; city staff said the on-call engineer can perform counts and return recommendations to the board.
Oak Grove — Mayor Dana Webb asked the Board of Aldermen Tuesday to direct city staff to begin a traffic study and examine traffic-calming options for 5th Street after residents raised concerns about speed and heavy trucks.
"5th Street can be a racetrack," Webb said, summarizing resident complaints and asking the board to authorize staff to gather traffic counts and look into "speed cushions" — a calming device designed to slow passenger vehicles while allowing wide-axle emergency and service vehicles to pass through the gaps.
City planning/staff member Matt told the board the city can use its on-call engineer to perform traffic counts and analysis. "We can use our on call engineer... they would have to do traffic counts and some other things," he said, adding the study would identify locations for potential calming measures and estimate costs.
Board members discussed options, including signs restricting trucks to deliveries only and noting that intersection improvements would be a separate engineering study and likely fall under Missouri Department of Transportation jurisdiction. The mayor said MoDOT has told the city funding for a larger intersection change was not available at present.
The board indicated general support for directing staff to gather data and return recommended traffic-calming alternatives at a future meeting. No funding or implementation timeline was approved at Tuesday's meeting.
