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'Cut-through' traffic: Solutions for neighborhoods
Whether it’s to avoid an out-of-the-way detour or traffic on busy roads, drivers sometimes take shortcuts through residential neighborhoods. This “cut-through traffic” can cause problems for those who live on these streets.
Neighborhood streets typically have narrower lanes than major roads and often include on-street parking. Cut-through traffic can result in congestion and speeding on these streets, creating both safety and quality-of-life issues for residents.
But while speeding is certainly against the law, cut-through traffic is not. Most roadways in Washington County neighborhoods are public streets and the public is allowed to drive on them. Washington County cannot prevent people driving on public roads.
Our Neighborhood Streets Program provides traffic-calming measures on streets in unincorporated Washington County that are classified as local, neighborhood routes or that meet “residential collector” criteria. See Road Classifications to learn more. Recommended safety measures may include:
- A temporary speed radar trailer
- Neighborhood Speed Watch/Dear Motorists program
- Lawn signs
- Pavement markings
- Neighborhood newsletter
- Increased patrol by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.
For more information about our Neighborhood Streets Program, visit:
Report potholes, overgrown vegetation, damaged signs, streetlight and traffic signal issues and other road and traffic-related concerns.
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