ST9304-CS 890330 DON PENNY, P.E.
Director of Traffic
and Transportation
P O. Bo,~ 110535
tJ'arrollton, 7[e~as 750t
214 ~6- 3050
APR '~ lcJO9
AGENDA ITEM NO.
Engineering
DATE:
March 30, 1989
TO:
Mike Eastland, City Manager
FROM:
Pat Canuteson, City Engineer
SUBJECT:
Belt Line Road Paving and Drainage Improvements
I35E to McArthur Blvd.
COMMENTS:
The above referenced project is a Dallas County Public
Works project which consists of improving Belt Line Road from
the existing two lane asphalt roadway to a six-lane divided
concrete thoroughfare. The contract was awarded to Austin
Paving Company on March 6, 1989 and should be completed by
October 1990.
Being concerned with the safety of the traveling public,
our citizens, and the workmen on the project, we are
requesting that the existing speed limit (which varies from
forty miles per hour to fifty miles per hour) be lowered to
thirty miles per hour along the construction project limits
for the entire duration of the contract time.
The Director of Transportation has the authority under
the Traffic Chapter Section 20-18 to temporarily reduce the
speed limit in a construction zone for ninety days. Due to
the estimated two (2) year construction period, this speed
limit is being brought for City Council approval.
DESIRED ACTION:
Approve the attached ordinance that reduces the existing
speed limit along west Belt Line Road from North/South I35E
to the west City Limit line to thirty miles per hour during
construction of this project.
TITLE:
City Engineer
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A 30 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT FOR
PORTIONS OF WEST BELT LINE ROAD; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY AND
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARROLLTON,
TEXAS:
Section 1
That it shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive
a vehicle at a speed greater than 30 miles per hour, such
speed shall be the prima facie maximum speed limit, and any
speed in excess thereof shall be prima facie evidence that
such speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is
unlawful on the following street:
West Belt Line Road from North/south Interstate Highway 35E
to the West City Limit line.
Section 2
Pena~v Clause. That violation of this ordinance shall be a
misdemeanor punishable in accordance with Section 1-5 of the
Code of Ordinances, City of Carrollton, Texas.
Section 3
That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and
after its adoption and publication as required by law. This
is a temporary speed limit of 30 miles per hour due the
construction along the said West Belt Line Road.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE
DAY OF APRIL, 1989.
City of Carrollton, Texas
ATTEST:
By:
Milburn
R. Gravley, Mayor
City Secretary
Approved as to form:
City Attorney ~/ ~/