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Resident petition prompts ordinance draft to lower speeds on several Trent Woods streets
Summary
A resident presented petitions asking the board to reduce 35 mph speed limits to 25 mph on Holly Ridge Road, Norman Road, and Fairway Drive; the board asked the town attorney to draft an ordinance and added Greenwood Road to the request.
Megan Wilkins (4108 Holly Ridge Road) asked the Board of Commissioners to reduce the speed limit from 35 mph to 25 mph on Holly Ridge Road, Norman Road and Fairway Drive and presented signed petitions from residents on those streets. "requested that a speed limit be changed from 35 mph to 25 mph along the following roads: Holly Ridge Road, Norman Road, and Fairway Drive," the transcript records.
Commissioner Billy Joiner said he would like to see all town-owned streets lowered to 25 mph. Police Chief David Oglesby said he has been in contact with the Department of Transportation (DOT) about lowering speed limits on town streets and is awaiting DOT correspondence. The board asked Town Attorney Aaron Arnette to draft an ordinance for the change and present it for approval at next month’s meeting; Mayor Charles F. Tyson, Jr. asked that Greenwood Road be added to the ordinance request.
There was no formal roll-call vote recorded on the ordinance drafting request in the transcript; the board directed the attorney to prepare the ordinance and add the item to the next agenda for formal consideration. Chief Oglesby and the town will await DOT guidance before final local action.
