Speed Humps OKd for Appleton Road
Speed humps are coming to yet another Simi Valley street, thanks to a 4-0 vote of the City Council Monday night. Councilwoman Barbara Williamson was absent.
The council agreed to install two speed humps on Appleton Road south of Royal Avenue in response to a petition signed by homeowners in the area.
A city study of the traffic flow found that 4,600 vehicles use the road each day and exceed the 25 m.p.h. speed limit 94% of the time.
Once the asphalt mounds are installed, they will bring the citywide total to 52 speed humps on 26 streets.
Speed humps were first allowed in Simi Valley in 1987.
They are wider than speed bumps found in many parking lots and tend not to jolt cars as harshly.
Their gentle slope also makes it easier for firetrucks and police cars to get over them quickly in emergencies.
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