At Duluth’s most recent council meeting, Planning Director Bill Aiken explained that the Gwinnett Department of Transportation provided Duluth with their 2021 proposed updates. One includes a request from the county to reduce the speed limit from 40 mph to 30 mph on Rogers Bridge Road from Peachtree Industrial Boulevard to Albion Farm Road.

Gwinnett DOT states a number of factors supporting this speed reduction including existing curves and intersection sight distances. Part of the process requires the city to provide a letter of support for the proposed changes.

Council members discussed that changing the speed limit would require enforcement and, if enforced, could appear as an effort to create a revenue opportunity for the city.

Combined with Police Chief Randy Belcher indicating there have not been any major traffic accidents at this location, the city council voted to deny authorizing a letter of support to the county for the change in speed limit.

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