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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2006-29 Speed Limit 434 RESOLUTION NUMBER 2006-29 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY OF OVIEDO, FLORIDA SUPPORTING A REQUEST TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT A TION (FDOT) TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT ON STATE ROAD 434 WITHIN THE CITIES OF WINTER SPRINGS AND OVIEDO AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs, Florida and the City of Oviedo, Florida are municipalities in Seminole County, Florida through which State Road 434 traverses; and WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs, Florida and the City of Oviedo, Florida recognize that State Road 434 is a State maintained roadway with a speed limit instituted by the State; and WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs, Florida and the City of Oviedo, Florida desire to see a reduction in the speed limit on State Road 434; and WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs, Florida and the City of Oviedo, Florida believe that a reduction in the speed limit along State Road 434 would reduce the amount of vehicular incidents including vehicular to vehicular collisions, vehicular/pedestrian collisions, near misses and speed-related traffic infractions; and WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs, Florida and the City of Oviedo, Florida are in full and complete agreement that the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) should act post haste to reduce the speed limit on State Road 434 from its current limits of 35-miles per hour in some areas and 45 miles-per-hour and 50 miles-per-hour in still other areas to appropriate and safe speed limits based on engineering analysis, resulting in a safer roadway. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, that we hereby concur with the City of Oviedo City Council in supporting a request to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to reduce the speed limit on State Road 434 within the corporate limits of Oviedo and Winter Springs. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused this seal to be affixed. JOHN F. BUSH, MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 12TH DAY OF JUNE, 2006.