Peachtree City

now has a system to evaluate traffic complaints reported by residents.

A resolution

passed by the City Council Wednesday night provides statistics that will

be used to determine if an intersection needs stop signs to slow down

traffic or textured pavement to jar drivers to attention.

The resolution

also allows residents to vote on erecting stop signs at a particular intersection

even if the city decides the signs aren't needed.

In cases where

the city decides not to erect stop signs, the signs could still go up

with a petition signed by at least two-thirds of the property owners in

the area who would be directly affected by the change. If the signs were

approved by residents, they would be erected for 60 days, after which

they could remain up if another petition is submitted with a simple majority

of homeowners in favor of keeping the signs in place.

The resolution

also calls for all traffic complaints involving speeding to be forwarded

to the Police Department. All complaints about high volumes of traffic

would be sent to the city's Engineering Department.

City engineer

Troy Besseche also recommended that speed humps not speed bumps be studied

Besseche suggested

that the city place speed humps, which are typically 14 to 22 feet long,

at two recreation areas in Peachtree City before deciding to use them

later on actual roadways. The city would study the volume of traffic and

speed in the area before coming before council with a final recommendation

at a later date, Besseche added.

Gwinnett County

has used speed humps in residential neighborhoods with great success,

Besseche said.

"They

have been well received in neighborhoods there," Besseche noted.

He added that

the speed hump program in Gwinnett hasn't been challenged legally. But

the state Department of Transportation has a policy not to fund the resurfacing

of streets with speed humps, the engineer added.