HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution_BullfrogRoadSpeedKITTITAS COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
AGENDA STAFF REPORT
AGENDA DATE: November 3, 2020
ACTION REQUESTED: Request to Approve a Resolution to Restore the Fifty (50)
miles per hour speed limit on Bullfrog Road - MP 0.72 to
MP 2.70.
BACKGROUND: Responding to failing pavement on Bullfrog Road in
January 2020, the Board reduced the posted speed limit
from fifty (50) miles per hour to thirty-five (35) miles per
hour. Public Works recently completed necessary
pavement repairs and the road may now be returned to the
fifty (50) miles per hour speed limit (MP 0.72 to MP 2.70).
INTERACTION: Public Works.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Resolution to restore Bullfrog Road MP 0.72
to MP 2.70 to fifty (50) miles per hour speed limit.
HANDLING: Return one original to Public Works.
ATTACHMENTS: Resolution.
LEAD STAFF: Mark R. Cook, Director
Joshua Fredrickson, County Engineer
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COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 2020 -
RESTORING THE FIFTY (50) MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT TO BULLFROG
ROAD MILEPOST 0.72 TO MILEPOST 2.70
WHEREAS: The Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners temporarily reduced the
speed limit on Bullfrog Road (MP 0.72 to MP 2.70) responding to failing asphalt
with Resolution 2020-001; and
WHEREAS: Kittitas County Department of Public Works completed repairs to Bullfrog Road
(MP 0.72 to MP 2.70) and issued contract substantial completion on October 22,
2020; and
WHEREAS: Public Works desires returning Bullfrog Road (MP 0.72 to MP 2.70) to its
previous speed limit of fifty (50) miles per hour;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners, in the
best interest of the public, does hereby restore the fifty (50) miles per hour speed limit on
Bullfrog Road from milepost 0.72 to milepost 2.70.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the restored speed limit shall be effective upon re -installation
of fifty (50) miles per hour speed limits signs on Bullfrog Road.
DATED this 3rd day of November 2020, at Ellensburg, Washington
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Brett Wachsmith, Chairman
Attest:
❑ Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik
Laura Osiadacz, Vice -Chairman
❑ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz
Cory Wright, Commissioner