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 West Rowan Street
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)|109|
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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 West Rowan Street'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 West Rowan Street, from its intersection with NC 24 (Bragg Boulevard) to its intersection with Oakridge Avenue.
Background:
The current speed limit on West Rowan Street is 35 mph, matching the City-wide statutory speed limit. West Rowan Street is a two-lane, City-owned and maintained, approximately 0.68-mile-long road. It has sidewalks sporadically throughout the corridor, and multi-use lanes along the majority of the road west of US 401 Business (MLK Boulevard). NCDOT defines West Rowan Street as a "local" road. The land-use abutting the road is primarily residential west, and commercial or recreation east, of the bridge over US 401 Business (MLK Boulevard).
The requested speed limit reduction would apply for the entirety of the road, from its intersection with NC 24 (Bragg Boulevard) to Oakridge Avenue. West Rowan Street is the only road that would have its speed limit revised with this agenda item; NC 24 (Bragg Boulevard), Oakridge Avenue, and all nei...
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