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a°��uTH�c CITY OF SOUTH BEND <br />ti DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />w xwcc <br />DIVISION OF ENGINEERING <br />186S <br />TO: Board of Public Works <br />THROUGH: P. Corbitt Kerr, PhD, P.E. - City Engineer <br />Roger T. Nawrot, P.E., PLS - Assistant City Engineer poe— <br />FROM: Theresa E. Harrison, P.E., ENV SP - Transportation Engineer <br />SUBJECT: Mayflower Road Speed Study (TR16-105) <br />DATE: October 17, 2016 <br />PURPOSE & NEED <br />This speed study for Mayflower Road, between the US 20 Bypass and Western Avenue, was <br />conducted in response to an internal departmental request due to the new commercial <br />developments on Mayflower Road. The request is to decrease the speed limit from the existing <br />40 mph to 30 or 35 mph. <br />COORDINATION WITH ST. JOSEPH COUNTY <br />The proposed reduction of speed limit was coordinated with St. Joseph County since a portion of <br />Mayflower Road is under county jurisdiction. Since this area meets the definition of an Urban <br />District, 30 MPH speed would be permitted (IC 9-21-5-2 and IC 9-13-2-193). <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />The study evaluated the request to decrease the speed limit taking into account traffic counts, <br />speed data, collision data, land use, and geography. The resulting recommendation is to <br />implement 35 mph speed limit between the City Limits and Sample Street and 30 mph speed limit <br />between Sample Street and Western Avenue, complete with new speed limit signs and reduced <br />speed limit ahead warning signs, as shown in the diagram below: <br />