{"id":17229,"date":"2024-06-15T07:34:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T11:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=17229"},"modified":"2024-06-15T07:34:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T11:34:05","slug":"mercer-ave-speed-limit-being-looked-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/15\/mercer-ave-speed-limit-being-looked-at\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercer Ave. speed limit being looked at"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is a 45 mph speed limit too high for an area on Mercer Ave., just south of Adams Memorial Hospital?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was a question posed by Councilwoman Jenny Bowers-Shultz at the latest meeting of council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bowers-Shultz said the question was put to her by a concerned city resident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Lookling-south.jpg?resize=638%2C346&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Lookling-south.jpg?w=638&amp;ssl=1 638w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Lookling-south.jpg?resize=300%2C163&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Looking south&#8230;.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the concern is due to the area where the Rivergreenway Trail opens onto Mercer Ave. for crossing to the other side of the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that crossing is at the bottom of a small rise in the street. Posted signs show a speed limit of 45 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bowers-Shultz noted that traffic on that portion of Mercer Ave. has increased in recent years due to growth at the Woodcrest Retirement Community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Looking-north.jpg?resize=607%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Looking-north.jpg?w=607&amp;ssl=1 607w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Looking-north.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Looking north&#8230;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Operations Manager Jeremy Gilbert said that to lower the speed limit more than five mph would require a traffic study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After some further discussion, it was decided to have Gilbert look into doing a traffic study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Is a 45 mph speed limit too high for an area on Mercer Ave.,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,15,21],"class_list":["post-17229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}