flashingtrafficlightredJamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Planning Commission has unanimously approved an amendment to the city’s ordinance to require a traffic study for any development that would increase vehicle traffic in the area by more than 1,000 cars per day.

The regulations would apply within Jamestown and its 1-mile extraterritorial jurisdiction around the city.

The amendment now moves to the Jamestown City Council for consideration.

The need for a traffic study would be determined by the size and type of development.

The documents with the proposed ordinance included about 20 different types of property developments and the estimated number of vehicle trips each would generate.

The information from the traffic study would be used to determine if additional traffic signals or street lanes would be needed. The amendment does not address how transportation improvements would be financed

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