2022-28 RESOUTION REQUESTING NCDOT CONSIDER A SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION ON SR 1289Ha r n ett RESOLUTION NO. 2022-28
COUNTY
NORTH CAR0L]NA
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONSIDER A SPEED LIMIT
REDUCTION ON SR 1289 (SEMINOLE ROAD)
WHEREAS, The Town Board of the Town of Broadway adopted a resolution on August 22, 2022 requesting the North
Carolina Department of Transportation consider a speed limit reduction on SR 1289 (Seminole Road); and
WHEREAS, The Town Board has requested the Harnett County Board of Commissioners adopt a similar resolution
supporting their request for consideration of a speed limit reduction on SR 1289 (Seminole Road); and
WHEREAS, The Harnett County Board of Commissioners recognize that Seminole Road is a main corridor connecting
the Town of Broadway to US Hwy 421; and
WHEREAS, The Harnett County Board of Commissioners recognize that the current speed limit on Seminole Road is
55 MPH; and
WHEREAS, The Harnett County Board of Commissioners recognize that the current residential growth along Seminole
Road has increased significantly; and
WHEREAS, The Harnett County Board of Commissioners understand that there is a proposed development along
Seminole Road in which Phase 1 includes forty-four homes with a potential of four hundred plus homes when built out;
and
WHEREAS, The Harnett County Board of Commissioners is concerned that the traffic volume traveling along Seminole
Road will only continue to increase; and
WHEREAS, The Harnett County Board of Commissioners is concerned that the new residential growth along with
increased traffic volume along Seminole Road creates a potential safety issue for residents and motorists along Seminole
Road.
NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners, we would formally request
the North Carolina Department of Transportation to consider reducing the speed limit from 55 MPH to 35 MPH on
Seminole Road.
ADOPTED, this "� day of November 2022.
TT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
'W, W&ffi rspoon, Chairman
ATTEST:
Melissab. Capps, Clerk