Speed humps will continue to be studiedby Nathan Arneal Speed hump discussion continued at the June 4 North Bend City Council meeting. Jeff Kluthe, who brought the subject up at a meeting last month, attended the meeting asking the council to look for something more conducive to traffic. He said the speed humps in place require a vehicle to go less than 5 mph. Councilman Bart Bosco said he found literature from the Federal Highway Administration saying typical speed humps are 3 inches high and 13-14 feet long in the direction of traffic. The humps on Cottonwood Street are a little over 3 feet long. “I’m not saying we should go tear them out,” Bosco said, “because they’re doing the job. There’s no speeding down there.” He said the FHA guidance said humps should reduce traffic to about 80% of the speed limit and the Cottonwood humps reduce speeds to around 25% of the speed limit. “I think we need to continue to look into this to see if those are the right thing,” Bosco said. Councilman Alex Legge said the council needs to figure out what is right because other people around town are requesting speed humps on their streets. The council agreed it will continue to study the speed hump situation and the current humps will stay in place while that research continues. Ordinances 598 and 599 were given third readings and passed, changing the zoning of the Old Settlers Estates development north of the park to high density residential and also annexing the ground into the city limits. Councilman Chuck Krenzer said he was going to go to Fremont to inspect a new method of cleaning water lines called ice pigging. It forces icy water the consistency of a slushy through the pipes that helps knock loose debris and sediment.
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