A notice from Decatur Police…

On Monday May 19, 2014 the speed limit on the portion of Sycamore Drive within the City of Decatur was reduced to 30 mph. In addition, the City of Decatur has classified this location as a “residential zone.” The “residential zone” designation means the police officers are not required to extend a 10 mph grace before issuing a citation.

The Decatur Police Department will begin speed enforcement based on the reduced speed limit immediately, however warning citations will be issued for speed violations for the next 30 days. An exception to this will be violators whose speed would have been 10 mph or more over the previous speed limit.

Decatur Deputy Police Chief Keith Lee sends in this “be on the lookout”…

From a recent Decatur Heights Neighborhood Association newsletter…

According to Peggy Merriss, Decatur’s City Manager, Sycamore Drive served as a runway for small planes before it was developed with homes.

Whaaaa?

Oh man, if only I was good with Photoshop.

Over at InDecatur, Dave announces a meeting this evening at The Church of Decatur Heights at 7pm for residents to discuss potential traffic calming measures along Sycamore Drive between “Hilcrest and the south entrance to the parking deck at DeKalb Medical.”

Dave states that “the objective is to discourage through traffic (which can take Arcadia and Winn Way) and slow traffic to improve the safety of residents.”

And over on the Decatur Heights blog, he has posted all the different road-widths along that stretch of Sycamore and gives a specific example of what could potentially be done to slow cars down.

According to Dave, both City Manager Peggy Merriss and Asst. City Manager David Junger will be in attendance at the meeting.