What do Ranchette Drive, Ski Chalet Drive, Dove Street and Weavers
Point Road have in common? They all
function as Through Roads and are considered to be 30 MPH as they are in the
city and are not posted otherwise.
Anyone who travels these roads knows it can be difficult to keep their
speed down to this limit at times so a request was made to review them for
an appropriate speed.
The state provides guidance to cities in setting speeds
under certain circumstances. Criteria
used are things like the number and distance between cross streets or the density
of housing. The authority the city has to set speed limits
is rather narrow. If the criteria isn’t
met the city needs to request a speed study to be done by MnDOT. Once this is done the speed is posted as
determined by the speed study.
The Breezy Point Police Department reviewed these streets to
see if a speed adjustment is possible based on the criteria available to the city
to designate a speed other than 30 MPH.
The city council reviewed the information and made some decisions
regarding the speed limits on these streets.
The decisions made will set the following speed limits and signs will be
posted once weather permits.
Dove Street – 35 MPH from Mohican Circle west, 30 MPH from
Mohican to Co. Rd. 4.
Ranchette Drive – 35 MPH to south to Navaho Trail
Ski Chalet Drive – 35 MPH
Weavers Point Road – Request a speed study to be done by
MnDOT to establish speed.
