Lacey residents are driving too fast on this street. That’s about to change, city says
Temporary traffic calming devices are coming to a south Lacey street.
Four rubber speed humps, placed about 500 feet apart, will be placed on 66th Avenue Southeast, which runs between Capitol City Golf Club and the Horizon Pointe neighborhood. It also connects Ruddell Road with Rainier Road.
About a year ago, residents complained about speeding traffic on the street, so the city undertook a speed study and the residents were correct: 85% of drivers were driving 10 miles per hour over the residential street speed limit of 25 miles per hour.
“I’m surprised it’s only 35 miles per hour,” said Lacey City Council member Lenny Greenstein when he heard the study results at Tuesday night’s council meeting. Greenstein said he has lived in that area for 18 years.
Following the study, the city circulated a petition among the homeowners, and a super-majority supported the installation of speed humps. Those humps could be in place for up to a year before the homeowners will have to vote again on whether to make the devices permanent.
If they do, they will then share in the installation costs with the city. Four rubber speed humps cost about $6,500, while asphalt humps are about $15,000 each, due to labor costs, according to the city.
Rubber speed humps also are in use on Eighth Avenue Northeast to slow traffic that was using the street as a shortcut between College Street and 15th Avenue Northeast.
This story was originally published March 27, 2024 at 5:00 AM.
