The county commission, citing requests from residents, approved a resolution March 16 asking the Ohio Department of Transportation “to determine and declare a reasonable and safe speed limit” based on speed studies, accident reports and other data.
ODOT will review the information and make a decision on how to change the speed limit, if at all. ODOT officials said a decision on the speed limit would take about a month.
All of those roads are in Washington Twp., but the county has the responsibility of maintaining them.
Washington Twp. Public Works Director Mike Wanamaker said the intersection of Spring Valley and Clyo is at the heart of the issue. Wanamaker said there have been talks about changing that intersection from a four-way stop to a traffic signal, and speed limits likely would drop if that occurs.
Wanamaker said that fairly tight intersection hasn’t changed in 25 years. There has been some development in the surrounding area in recent years, and more is possible if the economy rebounds.
Kevin Larson of the county engineer’s office said speed studies on all three roads showed more drivers exceeded the speed limit on the section of Clyo than on Spring Valley, but that the data was fairly comparable to other roads the county studies.
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