PALM COAST, Fla. — Palm Coast leaders are set to release results from a pilot project to reduce speeding on some of the city’s most troubling streets.

What You Need To Know

  • Palm Coast leaders plan to review speed reduction measures

  • Earlier this year, a pilot study was initiated to reduce speeds on some of the most troubling streets

  • Speed cushions, chicanes and lane narrowing were applied to some city streets

  • A city council workshop is set for May 13

Avid cyclist Dan Bryant says speeding is a big problem in his neighborhood on Cimmaron Drive.

“This one little stretch of road is only a mile-and-a-quarter long, but it's the scariest part of the ride for most people,” he says. “And it's one that prevents a lot of folks, including my wife, from even riding on their bicycle.”

Bryant won’t even ride his bike on Cimmaron Drive after 8 a.m. That is part of the reason that Palm Coast officials initiated a pilot study earlier this year to slow down speeding drivers.

On Cimmaron Drive and Florida Park Drive, speed cushions were installed.

A few months later, Bryant says, they’re working.

“They seem to be effective in slowing the traffic down,” he says. “I think it's a really good first step to improve the safety on Cimmaron.”

Bryant says he is hoping a sidewalk is next for Cimmaron Drive.

Two other streets with speeding issues received chicanes, delineators installed into the roadway to create gentle curves to slow down drivers.

On Forest Grove Drive, neighbors say the chicanes didn’t work, and the posts were constantly hit, leading to the city removing them.

Lane narrowing was applied to Sea Trail and Woodbury Drive. A neighbor on Sea Trail says speeding is still an issue.

Next week, officials will release findings from this pilot project to see what worked and what didn’t.

A city council workshop is set for Tuesday, May 13, at 6 p.m. at city hall.