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Resident asks whether new digital speed sign is permanent; council says device will be moved after data collection
Summary
A Windy Hills resident asked whether a newly installed digital speed sign on Indian Ridge will remain; Mayor Dr. John Roberts told the council the sign is intended to be temporary while Lyndon Police collect data (first-week data showed 67% of drivers over the limit). Council also heard that speed signs are active on Ambridge and Indian Ridge and that a spring inventory of signs and lights will be conducted.
At the Feb. 10 Windy Hills council meeting resident Ralph Wilson asked whether the recently installed digital speed sign on Indian Ridge Road would be temporary or permanent and suggested painting the post and back of the sign black for aesthetics.
Mayor Dr. John Roberts said the plan is to keep the sign temporarily while Lyndon Police use the collected data to better mitigate speeding on Indian Ridge during peak days or times. "During the first week of data, we learned that 67% of drivers were driving over the speed limit on Indian Ridge," Roberts said.
Councilman Paul Morris told the council he will assist Public Works this spring with an inventory of streetlights, speed-limit signs, stop signs and other signage across Windy Hills and will work to create a Youth Engagement Committee; Code Enforcement Officer Paul Eitel offered a volunteer and said he can help with the inventory. Councilman Steve Teaford reported that speed signs have been installed on Ambridge Drive and Indian Ridge Road and are in working order.
The council did not take formal action on the resident’s aesthetic request for painting; Mayor Roberts said the sign can be moved elsewhere once driver behavior more closely matches the speed limit.
Next steps noted in the meeting: the sign’s data collection will inform enforcement or relocation, and the spring signage inventory will inform any broader changes to lighting or signage across the city.
