PALM COAST, Fla. — Palm Coast officials say they plan to tackle speeding concerns, but not on every street.

What You Need To Know

  • Resident John Franz says speeding is an issue on Pritchard Drive in Palm Coast

  • Franz said he wants a speed study conducted in the city

  • Palm Coast conducted a study last year and just began implementing changes on some streets

  • Pritchard Drive is not included in the traffic-calming measures

John Franz reached out to Traffic Inbox because he noticed an increase in traffic on his street, Pritchard Drive in Palm Coast.

“I always watch traffic on this road,” the retired engineer said.

Speeding on the 30 mph road has gotten so bad that something needs to be done, Franz said.

“A lot of the people that walk because of the traffic, they'll be out on the lawns, or they'll walk out on the lawns as they see cars coming,” Franz said.

There are no sidewalks or any other features to slow traffic.

“My thought, as a retired engineer, is that the city, hopefully, would come up with a traffic-calming study, which would affect not only this road, but all the roads of this nature in the city, to figure out how you can calm this traffic down,” he said.

The city of Palm Coast just conducted a traffic study last year.

Last month, the city began implementing traffic-calming measures, including speed cushions and lane narrowing, on some of the most troubled streets.

“One of the things you do with traffic is try to calm them down, and one of the ways to calm them down is to narrow the road,” Franz said.

Franz suggested striping down Pritchard Drive to slow drivers.

The city’s speed study found Pritchard sees about 2,300 vehicles a day, with most drivers going 4 mph over the speed limit. That’s not enough for lane striping, a traffic engineer said.

Roads that will see traffic-calming measures are Cimmaron Drive, Florida Park Drive, Farmsworth Drive, Forest Grove Drive, Woodbury Drive and Sea Trail.

The city’s efforts are a pilot project to see if the traffic-calming measures are effective.

“This is the extent of the pilot program; however, if the traffic-calming measures prove to be effective, a traffic-calming plan can be adopted, allowing these measures to be added to necessary streets at the direction of city council,” Palm Coast spokesperson Brittany Kershaw said.

Franz said he hopes Palm Coast will give his Pritchard Drive a chance if the city adds more streets to the pilot project.

“This road is so busy," he said. "To walk in a road with a dog, sometimes you don't know what they're going to do. It's pretty dangerous."

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