SUBJECT
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Adopt Resolution Setting Truck Restrictions on Brown Shinn Road (near Polk City). ($227.71 one-time expense)
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DESCRIPTION
Polk County Roads & Drainage recently received a request from an area resident to restrict commercial trucks on Brown Shinn Road. In researching the request, staff discovered that some commercial truck drivers are utilizing Brown Shinn Road to travel between a sand mine located at the north end of the roadway to Deen Still Road East. A condition of development for the sand mine was that commercial trucks do not utilize Brown Shinn Road but rather utilize Van Fleet Road to State Road 33 as a means of ingress and egress. The Roads & Drainage Division proposes to restrict through commercial vehicles along Brown Shinn Road to encourage truck traffic to use Van Fleet Road and State Road 33, as stated in the development conditions for the sand mine.
FS 316.008 allows local governments to prohibit or regulate the use of certain roadways by any class or kind of traffic found to be incompatible with the normal and safe movement of traffic. Based on staff research, it was determined that postings of “No Thru Trucks” for Brown Shinn Road will benefit the residents in the area, as well as the traveling public, by restricting commercial traffic.
RECOMMENDATION
Request Board adopt the associated Resolution to establish truck restrictions for Brown Shinn Road. Estimated cost of installation of the signs is $227.71.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds are budgeted in the FY 25/26 Transportation Millage Fund.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Amy J. Gregory, P.E.
Traffic Manager
(863) 535-2200
Jay M. Jarvis, P.E.
Roads & Drainage Division Director
(863) 535-2200