New speed ‘hump’ rules

New speed ‘hump’ rules

Following an increase in requests from the community, commissioners approved a new policy for speed humps, establishing how residents can request speed humps on county-maintained residential roads. Under the policy, a speed hump is defined as a raised roadway device designed to reduce vehicle speeds over a section of roadway. While “speed bump” is commonly used, the county will use “speed hump” as the official engineering term. The policy establ…