City of Houston Speed Bump Policy

The City of Houston has loosened their process for the construction of speed bumps. Declaring they will no longer investigate applications for new speed bumps but simply build one whenever there is a request for one.

The city has made a mistake by implementing a policy allowing any speed bump to be built without review. It seems that removing red tape on road construction is a step in the right direction. However, I do believe that we need to keep in place, a policy for investigating whether or not a speed bump is necessary for the area designated. If we build a speed bump every time it is requested, we will end up with too many speed bumps in the area.

I am afraid this will lead us down a bad path of too many speed bumps in the city. I hope this city will reverse this policy, which, while having good intention, will be bad for the city.