TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam Lindsay, ICMA-CM, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Brian McGill, P.E., PTOE, Assistant Public Services Director - Traffic Services
DATE: August 11, 2025
RE:
Title
Approval of Speed Ordinance Revision on Seabrook Road
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
3, 4
b
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal I: The City of Fayetteville will be a safe and secure community.
Objective 1.2: To ensure traffic and pedestrian safety.
Goal IV: The City of Fayetteville will be a highly desirable place to live, work and recreate.
Objective 4.5: To ensure a place for people to live in great neighborhoods.
Executive Summary:
City Council unanimously passed the motion at the August 4, 2025 Council Work Session to place the Council Member Request for Seabrook Road's speed limit reduction from 35 mph to 25 mph on the August 11, 2025 Regular Council Session consent agenda.
Should this speed limit reduction proceed, it would apply for the entirety of Seabrook Road, from its intersection with Jasper Street/Topeka Street to its intersection with Langdon Street.
Background:
The current speed limit on Seabrook Road is 35 mph, matching the City-wide statutory speed limit. Seabrook Road is a two-lane, City-owned and maintained, approximately 0.75-mile-long road. It has sidewalks and multi-use lanes on both sides of the road, and NCDOT defines it as a "local" road. The land-use abutting the road is primarily residential, with two schools and one church adjacent to the road as well. School zone flashers with school speed limit signs are posted on Seabrook Road, with a speed limit of 25 mph when flashing. These school zone flashers are located at approximately 1702 Seabrook Road and 2040 Seabrook Road.
The requested speed limit reduction would apply for the entirety of the road, from its intersection with Jasper Street/Topeka Street to Langdon Street. Seabrook Road is the only road that would have its speed limit revi...
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