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Council backs speed bumps near childcare, considers townwide 15 mph limit
Summary
The council reviewed Traffic Advisory Committee recommendations and agreed to install two speed bumps at Mother Goose Child Care Center; the committee also recommended reducing the townwide speed limit to 15 mph and an ordinance will be brought to a future meeting. A TAB member registered a dissenting view during discussion.
The Town of Nutter Fort will proceed with installing two speed bumps at Mother Goose Child Care Center on the 300 and 400 blocks of West Virginia Avenue after the council reviewed recommendations from the Traffic Advisory Committee on March 11. The minutes record the committee also recommended reducing the townwide speed limit to 15 mph; an ordinance to effect a speed-limit change was announced as forthcoming at the next council meeting.
Public Works staff and the police chief confirmed that additional signage was already placed near Norwood Park (the Park Board supplied the signage) and that Public Works will proceed with the speed-bump installations. The minutes record a dissenting view from Traffic Advisory Board member Mike Curran regarding the committee recommendation; the minutes do not specify the substance of his dissent.
