Council directs city, region to jointly address traffic safety and noise on Franklin Boulevard

Council directs city, region to jointly address traffic safety and noise on Franklin Boulevard

Residents living along Franklin Boulevard told council that truck noise, engine braking and late-night street racing have disrupted their sleep and sense of safety

Toledo Approves Traffic Calming Resolution

The Toledo City Council has approved a new traffic calming ordinance aimed at slowing drivers on neighborhood streets and giving residents a formal path to request speed humps and other safety measures.On a 4–2 vote, the council adopted Ordinance 435, creating a new section of city code (Toledo Municipal Code 10.30) that lays out how traffic calming projects can be proposed, reviewed, installed, and, if needed, removed.City Planner Justin Peters…