Resolution directing Traffic Control on Adams Street between Trunk Highway 22 and CSAH 12.

Adoption of the attached resolution.

In response to citizen service requests, staff conducted a comprehensive review of traffic control signing at associated intersections and roadway segments. The goal was to address safety concerns, improve clarity for drivers, and ensure compliance with the Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MN MUTCD) and applicable City of Mankato policies in a consistent way.

On May 12, 2026, the Site Plan and Traffic Advisory Committee approved the recommendation to bring these items to the City Council for resolution with no additional conditions.
                                                                   
Scope of Review

• The recommendation follows concerns from Mankato Public Safety about speeding along Adams Street and feedback via enforcement efforts on the potential benefit of providing additional signing along this segment. Staff concurs that additional signage at strategic locations could improve compliance and reinforce the regulatory speed limit.
• Staff considered roadway cross-section, horizontal and vertical alignment, existing speed limit signage and statutory speed limits, warning signs and other regulatory/advisory signs for consistency with state statutes, roadway conditions, and compliance with the MN MUTCD.

The following change is proposed:

• Install additional statutory speed limit signs at strategic intervals along Adams Street between Trunk Highway 22 and CSAH 12.