HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 10527 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 20-10527
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council December 15, 2020
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SUBJECT: SPEED TABLES FOLLOW UP
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The purpose of this informal report is to provide a follow up to the Speed Tables Informal Report
presented to City Council on November 10, 2020. Information was requested related to the history
on banning speed hump installation in the City.
In July 2009, as a part of the Subdivision Design Standards Ordinance revision, Council adopted City
Ordinance No. 187505-07-2009 which prohibits the placement of speed reduction humps in public or
private rights-of-way related to new subdivisions as a speed mitigation tool. The speed reduction humps
were prohibited for the following reasons: impacts to emergency response times and potential damage to
emergency response equipment; maintenance costs; and stakeholder concerns about damage to personal
vehicles. Moreover, in the late 2000s and early 2010s, the city council informally made it known that speed
humps were disfavored as a traffic calming technique for the same reasons.
When speed/road humps were in the toolbox, Transportation and Public Works installed more than 400
citywide, often in response to neighborhood association requests. The city's asset management database
came online in 2018 and does not include an inventory of existing road humps.
The Department's practice has generally been to not replace speed humps when streets are
reconstructed. Remaining speed humps will be removed as part of scheduled road maintenance or
reconstruction programs. TPW will seek funding for proactive removal if emergency service providers
identify an existing speed hump as a safety hazard for response vehicles. The typical cost for speed hump
removal and associated roadway repair ranges from $600 to $1,500 per speed hump. Staff will continue to
install signage to minimize hazards until the speed humps are scheduled for removal.
If you have any questions, please contact Tanya Brooks, Transportation and Public Works Assistant
Director at (817) 392-7861.
David Cooke
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS