File #: 17-0269    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Old Business
File created: 3/31/2017 In control: Board of Mayor & Aldermen
On agenda: 4/25/2017 Final action: 4/25/2017
Title: Consideration of Ordinance 2017-10 to Set New Speed Limits of 25 miles per hour on Captain Freeman Parkway in the Berry Farms Subdivision, Rural Plans Section (3/30/2017 CIC 4-0; 04/11/17 BOMA 1st Reading 8-0) SECOND AND FINAL READING
Sponsors: Paul Holzen, Jonathan Marston, Engineering
Attachments: 1. Captain Freeman SL request.pdf, 2. Ord 2017-10_SpeedLimit_Captain Freeman_with attachments A and B.Law Approved 2

 

DATE:                                                               March 30, 2017

 

TO:                                          Board of Mayor and Aldermen

 

FROM:                                          Eric Stuckey, City Administrator

                                          Paul Holzen, City Engineer/Director of Engineering

                                          Joe York, Director of Streets

                                          Jonathan Marston, Assistant Director of Engineering

                                          Carl Baughman, Traffic/Transportation Engineer

                                          

SUBJECT:title

Consideration of Ordinance 2017-10 to Set New Speed Limits of 25 miles per hour on Captain Freeman Parkway in the Berry Farms Subdivision, Rural Plans Section (3/30/2017 CIC 4-0; 04/11/17 BOMA 1st Reading 8-0) SECOND AND FINAL READING 

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Purpose

The purpose of this memorandum is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning Ordinance 2017-10 to set new speed limits on Captain Freeman Parkway, between Lewisburg Pike and Goose Creek Bypass.

 

Background

The plans for Rural Plains Section 1 of the Berry Farms subdivision provided for Speed Limit 30 miles per hour (MPH) signs, which are currently posted in both directions between Lewisburg Pike and Rural Plains Circle.  On August 1, 2016, the Boyle Company sent to Carl Baughman a letter requesting that the City of Franklin consider a reduction of the speed limit on Captain Freeman Parkway through the residential neighborhood from 30 MPH to 15 MPH.

 

Using a new radar speed data collection system, the City of Franklin Engineering-TOC Division gathered speed data in February 2017.  With Captain Freeman Parkway being a median-divided street, the radar was deployed by individual direction giving the results as shown in the table below:

 

Direction of Travel

Avg Speed (MPH)

85th Percentile Speed (MPH)

East Bound

18

23

West Bound

20

25

 

The table shows that the majority of the traffic travels at or under 25 MPH along the currently opened portion of Captain Freeman Parkway in section 1.   The future sections 3 and 8 will complete the Captain Freeman Parkway connection past Publix to Goose Creek Bypass.  The 85th percentile values are consistent with the City of Franklin Municipal Code concerning 25 MPH speed limits on local residential streets.  Therefore, staff recommends that the developer revise the signs in section 1, and the plans in sections 3 and 8, to provide for Speed Limit 30 MPH signs.

 

Financial Impact

The Boyle Investment Company would be responsible for revising the signs on the existing street, and on the plans for the future sections.  Therefore, the City of Franklin bears no financial impact.

 

Recommendationrec

Staff recommends approval of Ordinance 2017‐10 to set new speed limits of 25 miles per hour on Captain Freeman Parkway.