I-41 traffic in Outagamie County PC: Fox 11 Online
VILLAGE OF LUXEMBURG, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — New speed limits will be going into effect on certain streets and roads in Luxemburg.
Last month, the Village Board approved ordinance changes to several speed limits.
The first change involves Main Street/N. Main Street. Officials say the speed limit on the entirety of Main Street, from the south village limits to Heritage Road, will now be 25 miles per hour.
This replaces the former speed limits of 30 and 35 miles per hour. School zone speed limits do not change.
Additionally, the speed limit from Heritage Road to the north village limits has been changed to 35 miles per hour, replacing the former 45 miles per hour limit.
Finally, the speed limit on Frontier Road between Enterprise Road and Church Road will be raised to 35 miles per hour. It was previously set at 25 miles per hour.
Signage arrived Wednesday. The new limits will go into effect once the signage has been posted by the public works department.
According to the Luxemburg Police Department, “there will be a learning period for adjustment, so do not expect any citations to be issued unless there is a gross speed violation involved.”
Police explained the reasons behind these changes in a Facebook post:
Your Main Street is a very vibrant and busy street during the day and evenings, with businesses and taverns on either side, and with a church on the southern end and a golf course and schools to the north. Parked cars downtown and narrow streets add to the risk to drivers and pedestrians.
At 25 miles per hour a car travels 36.7 feet per second; at 30 miles per hour, it travels 44.0 feet per second. Over four seconds that is about 28 feet of extra decision-making time. Slowing traffic down means more time which helps those with slower or more deliberate reactions – as both drivers or pedestrians – navigate safer.
Frontier Rd, when it was extended, was automatically a 25 MPH street per Village ordinance. The width of the street, the low traffic volume, and the minimal residential development (none) supported the speed limit increase of 10 MPH.
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