SPEED BUMPS!!
Many of you know how hard I've worked with the city to get traffic calming devices in our neighborhood... I have done this to help our neighborhood be a safer place for our children & our families. For those of us that live on the 3 main streets (Wakefield, Laurel Canyon & High Bluff) are constantly affected by speeding vehicles. We moved into our home when High Bluff was a cul-de-sac & was not extended to 6200 South. It was a hard thing to watch a calm street go to a street with cars going 30-35 mph on average & sometimes speeds up to 50 mph & higher. I know & realize that speed bumps will take a few seconds of your time to slow down, & I worry that that few seconds will cause some to vote no...& it is to you that I plead to please vote yes to speed bumps. Please, let us not be so worried about a few seconds of having to slow down that we compromise the safety of the kids in this neighborhood. Currently, there has been a letter that has gone out to everyone within our neighborhood. This is the opportunity we have to have our voice heard & vote for speed bumps. Please take a moment to go online & vote (the link is below).
Dear Resident,
The Diamond Summit subdivision was selected for a traffic calming pilot program for West Valley City. The purpose of this pilot program was to evaluate the effectiveness of a proposed Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP). Diamond Summit was selected because the main streets through the neighborhood met certain criteria such as high traffic volume and high speeds on residential streets.
The City recently installed temporary speed humps, which have since been removed, on Wakefield Way and Laurel Canyon Drive. The speed humps were designed to slow drivers to between 20 and 25 mph. The data collected during the study shows that the speed humps were effective in reducing the speed in the area.
Also, there was an overall drop in traffic volume. It cannot be determined if the drop in volume was a direct result of the speed humps since the volume also decreased on High Bluff Drive, which did not have speed humps. However, studies in other parts of the country have concluded that speed humps do influence traffic volume.
At this time, the City would like your vote on whether or not permanent speed humps should be installed on Wakefield Way, High Bluff Drive and Laurel Canyon Drive. The speed humps will not necessarily be installed in the same locations as were the temporary speed humps. The final locations are yet to be determined.
To vote on the installation of the speed humps, please visit
www.wvc-ut.gov/diamondsummit to vote online. If you do not have access to the Internet, please complete the section at the bottom of this form and mail to:
Erik Brondum
West Valley City Public Works
3600 S. Constitution Blvd.
West Valley City, UT 84119
Also, please make sure to indicate whether or not you would like to be contacted in the future to provide feedback on the final planning process. If you have any questions please contact me by phone: 963-3406 or email:
ebrondum@wvc-ut.gov.
Sincerely,
Erik Brondum
City Transportation Engineer
***If you need a copy of the letter, please email me at
summitneighborhoodwatch@yahoo.com & I'd be happy to give you a copy! As a mother & as the Neighborhood Watch Chair, I plead with you all to please
VOTE YES ON SPEED BUMPS! Thank you!
