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Traffic Study

A traffic study was conducted in Wortham to determine the need for a new stop sign.  The following text was taken from the results communicated to the board:

Please recall your request for multiway stop control at the Walnut Lake and Dogwood Blossom intersection in the Wortham Villages subdivision.  The required traffic study was completed in accordance with the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).  It does not warrant the installation of multiway stop control at this time because it did not meet any of the basic traffic volumes criteria in the Texas MUTCD.

If your request was based on the desire to slow speeding cars, it should be noted that Precinct Three does not install stop signs for speed control.  The Texas MUTCD states specifically "Stop signs should not be used for speed control."  Speed control is a law enforcement issue.