Local brief
A push to slow Wieuca Road targets its downhill straightaway
Thomas Worthy’s proposal cites recurring utility-pole damage and a nearby crosswalk. It goes before the Transportation Committee November 9, but leaves device selection and timing unresolved.
A downhill straightaway on Wieuca Road NE is the focus of Councilmember Thomas Worthy’s push for traffic calming. His resolution says excessive speeding has repeatedly damaged utility poles and compromised pedestrian safety at an adjacent crosswalk.[1]
The proposed request covers Wieuca between Roswell Road NE and Olde Mill Lane NE. It asks the mayor or his designee to install traffic-calming devices using the Atlanta Department of Transportation’s standards and evaluation methods.[1]
That is not yet an approved installation plan. The resolution does not select a device, provide a cost estimate or set an installation date. Its account of speeding and damage is the proposal’s stated rationale—not an engineering finding supplied with it.[1]
The City Council referred resolution 26-R-4345 to the Transportation Committee without objection on November 2. That action sent it to committee; it did not approve the requested installation.[1]
Committee consideration is scheduled for Monday, November 9, at 10 a.m. in the Larry M. Dingle Committee Room at Atlanta City Hall, 55 Trinity Avenue. The agenda includes public comment with a three-minute limit.[1][2]
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