City officials are planning to lower the speed limit on many streets.
Blythe Bailey, administrator of the city transportation department, said the faster that drivers go the more likely they and others are to be injured or killed in traffic crashes.
Members of the City Council indicated they plan to go along with the changes.
It was noted that when drivers go too fast, it is hazardous for children and others to make it safely across city streets.
Councilman Moses Freeman said when the speed limit was raised on MLK Boulevard that it killed the local businesses as would-be customers sped by.
Here are the changes to be considered April 5 and 12 :
In accordance with the provisions of Sections 24-241 through 24-245 of this Code, the maximum speed on the through streets designated by Schedule I and the additional streets listed herein is as follows:
Removing the following specific speed limits:
Central Avenue, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from East Third Street to Rossville Boulevard.
Chamberlain Avenue, North, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Citico Avenue to Glass Street.
Derby Street, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Third Street to Citico Avenue.
Dodson Avenue, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Third Street to Glass Street.
Dodson Avenue, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Wilder Street to Harrison Pike.
Hamill Road, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Hixson Pike to State Route 153.
Hamill Road, Forty (40) miles per hour from State Route 153 to Cassandra Smith Road.
Jersey Pike, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Oakwood Drive to Highway 58.
Jersey Pike, Forty (40) miles per hour from Shallowford Road to Hancock Road.
Manufacturers Road, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Cherokee Boulevard to U.S. Highway 27.
McCallie Avenue, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Central Avenue to Houston Street, and forty (40) miles per hour from the eastern side of McCallie Avenue Tunnel to Central Avenue.
Ninth Street East, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Georgia Avenue to Central Avenue.
Rossville Avenue, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Main Street to Central Avenue.
Thirty-Eighth Street, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Alton Park Boulevard to Thirty-Seventh Street.
Tunnel Boulevard, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Wilcox Boulevard to New York Avenue.
Wilhoit Street, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Rossville Boulevard to Main Street.
Adding the following specific speed limits:
Bonny Oaks Drive, Thirty-five (35) from New York Avenue to Parkway Drive.
Campbell Street, Thirty-five (35) from Glass Street to New York Avenue.
Central Avenue, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from East Eleventh Street to Rossville Boulevard.
East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from Georgia Avenue to Central Avenue.
Hamill Road, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Hixson Pike to Cassandra Smith Road.
Jersey Pike, Thirty-five (35) miles per hour from Shallowford Road to Bonny Lake Lane.
McCallie Avenue, Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from Central Avenue to Georgia Avenue and thirty-five (35) miles per hour from the eastern side of McCallie Avenue Tunnel to Central Avenue.*
Tennessee Avenue, Twenty-five (25) miles per hour from St. Elmo Avenue to West Thirty-Seventh Street.