Great News: Permanent Radar Speed Signs Approved for Avondale!

  We were notified this week that King County has approved our request for radar speed signs on Avondale.  Two permanent radar signs will be placed on Avondale in early 2009.  The lead time is required to order the signs and make arrangements with PSE to install the power.  We have asked the County to strongly consider solar-powered signs since they are environmentally-friendly and would not require the PSE hook up.  The County is looking into this option.  

We are considering the following locations for the signs: a northbound sign between 143th Place and 144th Place and a southbound sign between 159th and Bear Creek Road.  The County will attempt to place them in locations where they won’t be intrusive to nearby neighbors.  The signs will flash a vehicle’s speed if it is traveling over 40 MPH… a very effective deterrent to speeding.   We are grateful to Executive Ron Sims and the King County Road Services Division for assisting us in our efforts to control excessive speeding on Avondale.