City Engineer David Bange has met informally with a structural engineer to investigate Georgetown subdivision residents' concerns with truck traffic causing structural issues to their homes on South Country Club Drive.
At Thursday's Jefferson City Public Works and Planning Committee meeting, Bange said the engineer determined the damage inside homes was caused by a consolidation of material under concrete slabs in the road. That has allowed floor slabs to settle.
Residents also have expressed concern over the speed of traffic on Country Club Drive. They contend it causes shaking and rattling inside their homes.
In response, Bange said the city analyzed traffic on the road and found that approximately 10,500 vehicles drive the road every day, 4 percent of which are trucks. The average speed of vehicles is 37 miles per hour in a 40-mile per hour zone.
Bange said the city has requested the police department patrol the area for speed enforcement.
He offered two possible roadway solutions - diamond grinding of the road or a mill and overlay of the pavement.
Diamond grinding would correct surface imperfections on the roadway and would cost an estimated $35,000.
Milling and overlaying the pavement would include placement of new pavement on top of the existing pavement. The estimated cost is $215,000.
Georgetown residents at Thursday's meeting said they see the milling and overlay as a more lasting solution.
Bange said funds for a project like this are not budgeted and would come from a contingency account.
The public works committee decided not to take any action on the issue until they investigate it further and visit more with Georgetown residents.