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Traffic Calming is a process using signs, painting, policing, and physical barriers to enforce residential traffic speeds. Speeding in residential neighborhoods is a common complaint received from concerned citizens. The legal speed limit on all City residential streets is 25 m.p.h., even if the road does not have a posted speed limit sign.
Speed limit enforcement by the Broken Arrow Police is an effective way to reduce speeding; however, limited resources do not allow such enforcement simultaneously for every residential street in the City.
Therefore, the City has established a Traffic Calming Program to reduce speeding in residential areas. Residents living adjacent to the street where the problem frequently occurs may request the following types of measures of the program.
- Speed signs and street painting
- Zero tolerance speed enforcement
- Narrowing the street
- Traffic circles
- Speed humps
A formal request for consideration into the Traffic Calming Program is required for physical changes to the street, such as a speed hump. To make a formal request, 75 percent of the residents living on the street must sign a petition requesting traffic calming measures. And, if there is a homeowner's association, an endorsement from that organization is also required. Blank petitions and endorsement forms are also available from the Streets Department.
Any residential street in the city can be considered for traffic calming, but certain criteria must be met before the program can be implemented. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the City Streets and Stormwater Department at (539)-357-1631.