County Commissioners Approve Osborne Traffic Calming Petition

A traffic calming petition for Osborne Road in Brookhaven was approved Tuesday by DeKalb County Board of Commissioners.

Justin Newell, a resident who stood in favor of the petition, told commissioners that speeding cars makes it difficult for him to exit his driveway safely.

A traffic study agreed with Newell in that excessive speeding qualifies the district for traffic calming measures to include signs, speed bumps,  and combintion of the two in some areas.

The traffic on Osborne, particularly the 2-mile stretch that starts at at the intesection of Peachtree Road and is mainly downhill, has worried residents here for years. The area most affected includes 79 tracts of land on Osborne Road from Windsor Parkway heading north to Lynwood Drive, and on May Avenue starting at Victoria Street northwest to the intersection of Osborne.

The commissioners' approval signaled the start of the traffic calming 90-day process. Residents have 90 days to get 65% of the property owners of the parcels in the affected area to vote for approval of traffic calming measures.

If 65 percent approval is attained, the construction will be scheduled through the Roads and Drainage Division of Public Works.

DeKalb County Public Works Department outlines the traffic calming process in detail.