Subject:
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Consider adopting a resolution reducing the Posted Speed Limit on East Grattan Street
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Presented By: Thomas Hartman, PE, Director of Public Works
Recommendation and Review
In early 2019, Public Works staff was contacted by a resident of E. Grattan Street with concerns about speeding on the road and the amount of traffic using the residential street as a cut-through route. The resident lives between S. Main Street and S. Mason Street and noted that drivers use Grattan Street as an alternative to Martin Luther King Jr. Way to travel between the two arterial streets. Staff and the resident took this concern to the Transportation Safety and Advisory Commission (TSAC) at its February 2019 meeting, as this type of traffic pattern on a local street is a potential safety issue. The speeding issue was corroborated by a mobile speed radar unit placed on the street by the Harrisonburg Police Department, although with some concerns about the accuracy of that data. TSAC advised Public Works to gather additional traffic speed and
volume data, to allow a more detailed assessment of the problem and possible solutions.