Traffic-calming devices for Crescent Road mulled

City commissioners unanimously agreed to place the section of Crescent Road near Kansas University on a list of areas to receive future traffic-calming measures.

But commissioners also told staff members to investigate adding more police patrols, a flashing beacon and other measures to get motorists to slow down along the 20-mile-per-hour street, which gets heavy pedestrian usage because of its proximity to the university.

Commissioners told neighbors that they did not have any funding to immediately add speed bumps or other traffic-calming devices to the street. Funding likely won’t become available for another year or more, commissioners said.