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Consider adopting the revised Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program - Sunset Heights Neighborhood
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Presented By: Thomas Hartman, PE, LEED AP, Director of Public Works
Recommendation and Review
The residents of the Sunset Heights neighborhood have been participating in the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program since March 2015. The Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program is a partnership between the Harrisonburg Police Department (HPD) and the Public Works Department that uses a phased approach to reduce speeding and cut-through traffic in residential neighborhoods. The first steps include education/encouragement toward drivers to reduce speeds, increased enforcement, and progress into engineered solutions, if the problems persist. The neighborhood participated in the education, encouragement, and enforcements steps, but found speeding and cut-through traffic persistent. City Council officially enrolled the neighborhood into the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program at its June 26, 2018 meeting, allowing it to advance toward exploring physical traffic calming measures (engineered solutions) with the Public Works Department. City Council approved the Traffic Calming Plan for the neighborhood at its April 9, 2019, meeting. The table on the following page describes the activities completed by the neighborhood over the past six years.