St. Louis city officials are handing over their power to implement traffic calming measures to a different state agency.
The Board of Alderman passed a bill on Friday that shifts traffic-calming decisions to the Missouri Department of Transportation. Bill sponsor Michael Browning explained the move.
"This is a departure form the current process where if someone requests some traffic-calming [measures], an Alderperson like myself would pass a board bill which would then direct the installation of a speed hump," Browning sad. "This has resulted in speed humps going places where they sometimes shouldn't or sometimes have too many speed humps in locations."
Browning said there's a reason why the city is ramping up it's implementation of traffic-calming measures, like speed humps and sidewalk bump outs.
"We saw an increase in reckless driving during the pandemic that has continued to be a problem," he said. "These types of traffic-calming measures are meant to make people outside of cars safer."
Once the bill goes into effect next Spring, Browning said there will be an online portal where residents can submit requests and track their progress.
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A new bill gives a different state agency that power and will lead to the creation of an online portal.
A new bill gives a different state agency that power and will lead to the creation of an online portal.
