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there is a need this time for VDOT to include an “accident history and analysis” along with the speed study.
Moore said in his letter that because VDOT’s funds are so limited that he wanted to be sure they were applied to areas where there is the “highest risk to public safety — measured using objective standards.”
Says the mayor, “He doesn’t want to depend on who hollers. We will get the study. That’s great.”
VDOT indeed has limited funds, but as Moore says, “We always work with localities to try to make things work. Citizens can be our best cue, and we get very good suggestions, but this does not always have to be the case. In this instance, the town suggested we do another speed study. And we will do it as a courtesy if citizens say there is an issue. We want to work with them.”
But he adds, “If the town had not asked for it, we would not have taken action (after the first study was made). We would not have waited if we saw a potential problem but now the town has said they think there’s an issue there. I rode through at the time and I saw generally nothing that indicated excessive speed. We were watching it, and now we are digging a little deeper.” Flaws in first study
He admits to the flaws in the first study, but he adds, “There was nothing in the information that would have cued us to do something there that isn’t being done now. Yet, we may find something this time.”
He further adds, “Our issue is safety, not speed by itself,” which explains his determination this time to also investigate the history of
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