Title
Amend City Code - Section 36-158, Schedule I, Local Speed Limits at 27 Locations
Description
Request to amend Phoenix City Code, Section 36-158, Schedule I, Local Speed Limits at 27 locations due to record keeping, and road and traffic conditions.
This report provides the Transportation, Infrastructure and Planning Subcommittee with information about proposed record keeping and local speed limit changes at 27 locations and requests the Subcommittee recommend City Council adoption of recommended changes to Phoenix City Code, Section 36-158, Schedule I, Local Speed Limits.
THIS ITEM IS FOR CONSENT ACTION.
Report
Summary
Speed limits are established under Arizona Revised Statutes, section 28-703, which requires an "engineering study and traffic investigation." The Phoenix City Code and Charter require that all local speed limits on City streets be approved by City Council in the form of an amendment to Phoenix City Code in Attachment A.
The Street Transportation Department (Streets) conducted a comprehensive review of the speed limit ordinance and is recommending record keeping and local speed limit changes at 27 locations summarized in Attachment B. Twenty-three changes are recording keeping, where speed limits posted on City streets do not match the speed limits included in the current ordinance or where street segments included in the current ordinance that are not maintained by the City. The four other changes are related to road and traffic conditions. As with all recommended speed limit changes, they are based on traffic investigations conducted with the engineering judgment of Streets staff.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Street Transportation Department.