Municipality of Princeton
Municipal Building
400 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ 08540-3496
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Department of Community Development
Office of the Engineer
Telephone (609)921-7077
Fax:
(609) 688-2027
ROBERT V. KISER, P.E.
Director of Engineering
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Marc Dashield, Princeton Administrator
FROM:
Deanna Stockton, P.E., Assistant Engineer
DATE:
November 14, 2014
SUBJECT:
Resolution of Support - Establishment of a 40 MPH Speed Limit and a 25 MPH
School Speed Zone on a Portion of County Route 604 (Rosedale Road)
Attached herewith please find a resolution providing for the above referenced matter.
George Fallet, P.E., Mercer County Traffic Engineer, has advised Princeton that the ordinanced
speed limit for County Route 604 must be reduced from 45 miles per hour (MPH) to 40 MPH
due to the curvature of the roadway in the area of the new Stony Brook Bridge. The 40 MPH
speed zone would be established from Preservation Place, the approximate location where the
first set of school flashers is located, to a point 900 feet west of General Johnson Drive. In
addition, a provision would be incorporated in Mercer County Code to establish a School Speed
Limit of 25 MPH in this same location when the lights are flashing.
The Princeton Traffic Safety Committee has considered this matter and recommends the
establishment of these ordinance provisions as well.
In consideration of the above it is recommended that the Princeton Council consider approving
the attached resolution requesting Mercer County to update their speed limit ordinance for
County Route 604 (Rosedale Road) in the municipality of Princeton.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Deanna Stockton, P.E., Assistant Engineer
c:
Kathy Monzo, Deputy Administrator/Director of Finance
Linda McDermott, Municipal Clerk
Trishka Waterbury Cecil, Municipal Attorney
Sandy Webb, CFO
Robert Kiser, P.E., Director of Engineering
Robert Altman, T&T Committee Chair
Nicholas Sutter, Princeton Police Chief
Sgt. Thomas R. Murray, III, Traffic Safety Bureau
Gregory Sandusky, P.E., Mercer County Engineer
George Fallet, P.E., Mercer County Traffic Engineer
Rosanna Roberto, Secretary
Approximate Location
of Speed Limit Changes
County Route 604
looking west from
General Johnson
Drive (Johnson Park
School entrance) /
Greenway Meadows
municipal park
entrance toward the
Stony Brook Bridge
County Route 604
looking east from
General Johnson
Drive toward
Preservation Place
(entrance to D&R
Greenway Land
Trust, Inc.
RESOLUTION 2014-R
OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PRINCETON
REQUESTING ESTABLISHMENT OF A 40 MPH SPEED LIMIT AND A 25 MPH SCHOOL SPEED
ZONE ON A PORTION OF COUNTY ROUTE 604 (ROSEDALE ROAD)
WHEREAS, Rosedale Road is under the jurisdiction of Mercer County and is designated
County Route 604; and
WHEREAS, the design of Rosedale Road in the area of the new Stony Brook Bridge
resulted in the need to decrease the legal operating speed of the roadway from 45 miles per
hour to 40 miles per hour; and
WHEREAS, Mercer County installed new 25 mile per hour flashing signage in the vicinity
of General Johnson Drive, which serves as the main access to Johnson Park Elementary School;
and
WHEREAS, the Princeton Traffic Safety Committee recommends these speed limit
provisions for County Route 604 be incorporated in the Mercer County Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Clerk of Princeton the
Municipality of Princeton hereby endorse the establishment of the following speed limits on
County Route 604 (Rosedale Road):
1. 40 miles per hour from the east curb line of Preservation Place to a point 900
feet west of General Johnson Drive.
2. 25 miles per hour School Speed Limit from east curb line of Preservation Place to
a point 900 feet west of General Johnson Drive when the roadway signage lights
are flashing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution be sent to the Mercer
County Board of Freeholders for action.
A notice of this action shall be published in the Princeton Packet as required by law
within ten (10) days of its passage.
Absent
Present
1st
2nd
Yea
Nay
Abstain
Disqualified
Councilperson
Ms. Butler
Mrs. Crumiller
Ms. Howard
Mr. Liverman
Mr. Miller
Mr. Simon
Mayor Lempert
I, Linda S. McDermott, Clerk of the Municipality of Princeton, do hereby certify that the above
is a true and complete copy of a resolution adopted by the Mayor and Council of said
Municipality at a meeting held November 24, 2014.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the corporate seal of said Municipality,
this ___ day of November, 2014.
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Linda S. McDermott
Municipal Clerk