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Mayor
announces
major
expansion
of speed
hump
program
to meet
overwhelming
response
• DPW to
install
4,500
humps in
2021, up
from
1,200
this
year
•
Program
began as
a pilot
in 2018
with
only 32
speed
humps
and has
grown
annually
•
Traffic
calming
devices
to be
prioritized
where
they can
have the
greatest
impact
on
neighborhood
safety
• City
seeks to
partner
with
Detroit-based,
minority-owned
asphalt
companies
DETROIT
- Mayor
Mike
Duggan
announced
today a
major
expansion
of the
city’s
speed
hump
installation
program,
which
the city
first
tested
in 2018
as a
method
to
reduce
speeding
and
improve
safety
in city
neighborhoods.
Under
the
mayor’s
plan,
the
Department
of
Public
Works
will
nearly
quadruple
the
number
of speed
hump
installations
it
performs
next
year to
4,500,
up from
the
previous
high of
1,200
this
year.
The
speed
hump
program
first
launched
as a
pilot in
2018,
consisted
of
installing
speed
humps
along a
small
number
of
residential
side
streets
among
each of
the
seven
City
Council
Districts
with the
intention
of
soliciting
resident
feedback.
Response
has been
so
favorable,
the city
has
responded
by
increasing
the size
of the
program
each
year.
• 2018 –
32 •
2019 –
543 •
2020 –
1,200
• 2021 –
4,500
(planned)
For
the 2021
program,
the City
has
allocated
$11.5
million
that
will
come
from
state
transportation
funds,
as well
planned
capital
projects
that
have
been
reprioritized.
“Probably
the
single
biggest
neighborhood
concern
we have
been
hearing
from
residents
this
year is
speeding
and
reckless
driving
along
residential
side
streets,
so it’s
not
surprising
that the
speed
hump
program
has
become
so
wildly
popular,”
said
Mayor
Duggan.
“We know
this is
a
priority
for
residents,
so we
are
making
the
expansion
of this
effort
one of
our
highest
priorities
for the
next
year.”
The
speed
humps
are one
part of
the
city’s
traffic
calming
efforts
to
increase
overall
neighborhood
safety
and slow
down
motorists
in those
areas
with
high
pedestrian
traffic.
In 2020,
streets
adjacent
to city
parks
and
schools
were
given
priority.
In 2021,
the city
will
continue
to
prioritize
streets
that
have the
greatest
impact
on
making
our
residential
neighborhoods
safer.
Some
of the
determining
factors
for a
street
to
receive
a speed
hump
will
include:
The
4,500
locations
for
speed
humps
will be
on
streets
with a
25 mph
speed
limit.
Installation
will
start
next
spring
on sites
determined
by the
road
engineering
department
based on
3
criteria:
•
Traffic
counts
on
street
• Number
of
children
living
on the
street
• DPD or
other
reports
of
excessive
speeding
on the
street
Specific
emphasis
will be
placed
on
streets
often
used as
a
cut-through,
or
shortcut
to
bypass
major
road
traffic.
“Each
location
will be
evaluated
and
selected
based on
these
criteria,
so each
neighborhood
is
treated
equally,”
said DPW
Director
Ron
Brundidge.
“Our
hope is
that the
additional
4,500
speed
humps
will
help to
create
safer
neighborhoods
across
the city
for
pedestrians,
motorists,
cyclists
and
anyone
else
traveling
on our
residential
streets.”
The
new
speed
humps
will be
installed
by a
combination
of city
workers
and
contractors.
The city
is
looking
to work
with
smaller,
Detroit
based,
minority-owned
asphalt
companies
to
complete
this
work.
Interested
parties
should
contact
DPW this
season
at
313-224-3901,
to
develop
an
understanding
of the
required
work,
and what
they
will
need to
do to
put
themselves
in a
position
to bid
on the
work
next
year.
Work is
expected
to begin
in
Spring
of 2021.
Number
of speed
humps
installed
in 2018,
2019,
and 2020
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