Resolution 2004-208
RESOLUTION NO. 2004- 208
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A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COLLIER
COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING A SPEED LIMIT CHANGE FROM THIRTY-
FIVE MILES PER HOUR (35 MPH) TO FORTY MILES PER HOUR (40 MPH) ON
WOODS EDGE PARKWAY, FROM US 41 TO VANDERBILT BEACH DRIVE, FOR
A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMA TEL Y 1.0 MILE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 316, Florida Statutes, permits the Board of County Commissioners (BCC)
to alter established speed limits on roads under its jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, Woods Edge Parkway falls under the jurisdiction of the BCC and has a thirty-five
miles per hour (35 MPH) speed limit; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 316, Florida Statutes, the BCC may alter such existing
speed limits as may be appropriate upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation; and
WHEREAS, the results of the County's engineering and traffic investigation indicate that
changing the speed limit to forty miles per hour (40 MPH) is reasonable and safer under the conditions
found to exist and that it conforms to criteria promulgated by the County and the Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT:
SECTION 1: The BCC does hereby establish a forty miles per hour (40 MPH) speed limit on Woods
Edge Parkway, from US 41 to Vanderbilt Beach Drive, for a distance of approximately 1.0 mile, and
does hereby direct the Collier County Traffic Operations Department to erect appropriate speed limit
signs giving notice thereof.
SECTION 2: A copy of this Resolution shall be forwarded to the Collier County Sheriff's Office for
proper enforcement of the established speed limit for Woods Edge Parkway within the designated
segments.
SECTION 3: The effective date of the speed limit change shall be after written notification to the
Sheriff's Office and upon posting of appropriate sign age.
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This Resolution adopted after motion, second, and majority vote favoring same this
June
22nd
,2004.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER CO y, FLORIDA
BY:
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