Traffic Calming Committee - HR Training Room, A. Max Bacon City Hall — Minutes
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October 06, 2025 5:30 PM City of Smyrna Traffic Calming Committee Meeting 2800 King Street SE HR Training Room Page 4 of 6 • Two facilities – North Cooper Lake Park and the Silver Comet Trail – are accessed using this route Existing Conditions: • North Cooper Lake Road is a two-lane road with pavement varying from 22’ to 26’ in width • Sidewalk along the eastern side of the road for the entire length of the road Proposed Improvements: • Add MUTCD standard R4-11 signs at key locations as well as adding “sharrow” pavement markings along the entire length of N Cooper Lake Road • Sharrows would be painted in both directions at a spacing of approximately 250’ Committee Member / Mayor Pro Tem Tim Gould made a motion to approve item 2025- 351 to place sharrows as described; seconded by Committee Member / Councilmember Susan Wilkinson. The motion to approve carried with the following vote: Aye: 3 – Committee Member Gould, Committee Member Wilkinson, Committee Member Welch Nay: 0 – None Absent: 1 – Committee Chair Lindley E. 2025-353 Project Updates – Project State Reports • Completed o Permanent radar sign installs (7) o School Zones o Pavement markings & signage • In Progress o Afton Down traffic calming o RRFBs o Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon o Guardrail • In Planning o Hawthorne railroad crossing o Bates Street sidewalk o Starline Drive sidewalk o Belmont Avenue/Pierce Avenue sidewalk o Atlanta Road speed limit reduction Concord Road – Traffic Calming • Between Hurt Road and City limits, three (3) center medians installed in 2023 • Before/after data shows overall speed reduction trends • Continues to be complaints of excessive speeding and requests for traffic calming measures • Structural improvements • Digital radar feedback signs • Signage • Pavement markings Completed Projects: • Permanent radar sign installations (7 locations) • School zone improvements