- October 9, 2024
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Palm Coast will likely conduct another traffic speed study, this one to cost $96,745.
The study is in two parts, according to meeting documents from the Jan. 9 City Council workshop meeting. The first part of the study will examine if the city can reduce the speed limits along residential roads across the city. The second part of the study will examine if Florida Park Drive specifically warrants stop signs and the impact of potentially adding medians.
The study, if approved, will be conducted the consulting firm, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. The item will be added the council’s agenda for a vote at an upcoming business meeting.
The speed study will examine a minimum of 50 and up to 100 strategic locations across the city and analyze the traffic data at those points. Florida State Statute 316.183 states that residential roads shall be 30 mph, except where an investigation determines a lower speed is appropriate, Stormwater Director Carl Cote said.
If a study does show that a lower speed is appropriate, the speed limit can then only be reduced to 25 or 20 mph, he said.
Pontieri said she would like to ensure certain hotspots in the city are included in those locations.
“I just I want to make sure that if we're doing this it is going to in fact be comprehensive,” she said.
This study would also make the fifth study on Florida Park Drive over the years. Cote said, over the years, the city has already conducted studies on Florida Park Drive’s noise level, air quality, implementing landscape buffers, truck restrictions and on speed limit and radar enforced signage.
