The City of Edmonds Public Works Department is scheduled to begin work Monday, April 8 to place four speed tables along Olympic View Drive, from 196th Street Southwest to High Street. The work, part of the city’s traffic calming program, is expected to be completed by the end of the week.
Two speed tables will be installed between 196th Street Southwest and Wharf Street on Monday and Tuesday, April 8-9. On those days, this segment of Olympic View Drive will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (open to local access only) and vehicles will be detoured to 9th Avenue North.
On Wednesday and Thursday, April 10-11, the two remaining speed tables will be installed between Wharf and High Street. Olympic View Drive will be open with one-lane traffic control and flagger operation. Expect delays between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. while work is being performed.
The speed tables will be spaced approximately 600 feet apart.
The work may be postponed due to inclement weather. More information about where each speed table will be installed can be found on the city’s website.
Contact Bertrand Hauss at 425-771-0220 or bertrand.hauss@edmondswa.gov for additional information regarding this project.
For information about this project in another language, you may request, free of charge, language assistance services by contacting Bertrand Hauss at 425-771-0220 or via e-mail at bertrand.hauss@edmondswa.gov.
Si desea obtener información sobre este proyecto en otro idioma, puede solicitar servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística poniéndose en contacto con Bertrand Hauss al (425) 771-0220 o por correo electrónico a bertrand.hauss@edmondswa.gov.
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Had to look up the definition on that website:
“A speed table is a raised area placed across the roadway designed to physically limit the speed at which a vehicle can traverse it. The two locations, 8th Ave S. and Olympic View Drive, were selected following the completion of a detailed evaluation where the existing 85th percentile travel speeds (the speed at or below which 85 percent of all vehicles are observed to travel past a specific location) were 33 mph along both stretches (with 25 mph speed limits).”
Will these speed tables be paved asphalt or the thick rubber “bolt down” versions that were recently installed on 8th Ave S?
Are there cost advantages for one or the other? Does the bolt down type require any additional maintenance? Do they last as long?
I’m sure Edmonds Engineering and Public Works have made these comparisons.
Thanks
My understanding of the traffic calming program is that the annual budget is $100,000.00. That calculates to $16,666.00 per speed table. Seems like a lot for bolt down rubber and some signage. Also, why 4 of them on Olympic View drive so closely spaced? We’d be satisfied with one or two on 84th Avenue W. north of 236th Street SE. The 4 way stop helps, but still a dangerous strip of road.
The traffic calming budget for 2023 was $33,000 — Teresa
The city can’t just pick someone to install them on the cheap.
State law requires a bidding process, contractors paying prevailing wage and benefits, traffic control when installed, etc.
The laws are there for transparency fairness, and to support local business, etc. These are all good things but they drive the price up considerably.
-JB
How about installing the same on Olympic View Drive from Perrinville to the Meadowdale schools??
How about installing at least one Talbot Road just south of 171st street at the top of the hill , where drivers like to go speeding down the hill? Also another one should be installed at the curve at the bottom where they sometimes don’t make the curve as they are going too fast.
The other side of this is paying for them.
Edmonds has a budget hole to fill. These speed tables would be paid for out of Real Estate Excise Tax (REET) money, which can only be used for roads and parks. I have no idea what Edmonds REET account looks like, but this is the money that is used for paving and fixing roads.
Each one of these will cost somewhere between $10k-$15k installed, with required signage.
The cost will add up quickly and may very well postpone much needed road repair.
Everything is a choice and has associated costs.
Don’t get me wrong, I think these are a good trade off for reduced vehicle speeds and improved safety, but they aren’t free and we have to pay for them.
Just fyi if you want your street or area considered, you need to fill out a citizen petition and then get in line. There were projects last year that met the metrics that weren’t funded, and people went through considerable effort to go through the process. Just fyi for those that offer other areas that need attention. Not saying they are less important than other areas, just saying there is a process as ridiculous as it is. I see another person here I recognize also in the delayed group!