Overview
The Town works with homeowners associations and with community groups where there are no homeowners associations to design traffic-slowing devices where property owners agree to pay for them.
Requesting Traffic Control Measures
Traffic calming measures are meant only as speed reduction devices in residential neighborhoods where traditional police enforcement is not consistently available.
Fill out a request form to mail, fax or e-mail.
Procedure
• Requests evaluated
first-come, first-served
• If location approved for study, extensive data collected
• Town staff meets with neighborhood representatives to discuss
concerns and design alternatives
• Police and fire department representative reviews for any emergency
response issues
• Neighborhood petition requires 70 percent support
• Town Council approval also required
• Neighborhood group must provide 25 percent of total construction
costs
before design occurs
The Town offers technical support. However, those requesting traffic calming devices are responsible for most of the work. The process can take six months to a year, depending on how often petition organizers revise their traffic calming plan to obtain neighborhood support.
See traffic calming policy and procedure.
Types of Devices
Speed humps and raised pedestrian crosswalks are in place on several dozen streets in Cary. Speed humps have reduced speeds by an average of 5 mph. However, they have not reduced traffic volumes significantly.
Other devices - The Town is evaluating advantages and disadvantages of alternatives to speed humps and raised crosswalks.
Reporting Speeders
To report speeding in the neighborhood, call the Cary Police Department’s traffic safety line at (919) 319-4521. Please specify the location and times when the problem is greatest.
Background
A pilot study in 1999 evaluated devices to reduce speeding and cut-through traffic in neighborhoods. It determined that speed humps, raised pedestrian crosswalks and lane narrowing are effective countermeasures.
Contact
Coray Davis
Traffic Engineer
Town of Cary
(919) 462-3945
coray.davis@townofcary.org