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Frances Lane speed limit lifted
Residents along Frances Lane were hit earlier this year with drastic reduction in the speed limit on their dead-end street. They even were treated to the Kokomo Police Department’s radar sign to hammer home the point.
But the reduction was excessive and not backed by a speed study, so the Kokomo Traffic Commission met last week to correct the overreach. Commission president and Kokomo Street Systems Manager Jon Pyke explained that the reduction in speed limit from 30 mph to 20 mph passed late last year did not follow the law.
“By statute, we can’t do that without performing a speed study,” said Pyke. “We did not do a speed study. We could lower it to 25 mph without a speed study, so this will fix what we let pass though.”
The erroneous reduction was initiated by Kokomo Common Councilman Greg Davis, who lives along Frances Lane and is vice president of the homeowners association in the subdivision served by the street. He contended that the residents on Frances Lane had complained about speeding on the dead-end street.
That prompted Davis to draft the ordinance to drop the speed limit. When presented with evidence that the move didn’t comply with state law, Davis claimed ignorance.
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