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A Resolution designating the speed limit on various streets and sections of streets transferred to the Urban County Government from the Ky. Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) as 25 miles per hour, and authorizing and directing the Div. of Traffic Engineering to install proper and appropriate signs in accordance with the designation. [Council Office, Maynard]
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 18-51 and other authorities, the Division of Traffic Engineering is authorized and empowered to maintain traffic-control signs, signals, and devices deemed necessary to regulate traffic; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 18-66 of the Code of Ordinances, the Urban County Government May determine that certain speed regulations shall be applicable on certain streets or in certain areas; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, KYTC and LFUCG negotiated the exchange of approximately 34.983 Rd. lane miles (Resolution No. 708-2017), which was approved and adopted by KYTC pursuant to Official Order 111079 on February 23, 2018; and
WHEREAS, a speed limit designation of 25 miles per hour on the streets transferred to LFUCG from KYTC would result in a minimal change in travel time for motorists; and
WHEREAS, it has also been shown that speed plays a major role in the pedestrian fatality rate in vehicular/pedestrian collisions; and
WHEREAS, the Urban County Council has determined that the speed limit should be 25 miles per hour on various streets and sections of streets transferred to LFUCG from KYTC.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That the speed limit on the following streets and sections of streets (segments) in Lexington-Fayette County be and hereby is designated as 25 miles per hour: Avenue of Champions; Winslow Street; Bolivar Street; Euclid Avenue; East High Street, from Euclid Avenue to Cochran Road; Tates Creek Road, from Cochran Road to Cooper Drive; South Lime...
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