Prince George's County Council - Reference No. CB-019-2025

• Reference No.: CB-019-2025
• Draft No.: 2
• Type: Council Bill
• Status: Enacted
• Meeting Body: County Council
• Meeting Date: 11/17/2025
• Introduced Date: 10/21/2025
• Public Hearing Date: 11/17/2025 @ 10:00 AM
• Effective date: 1/23/2026
• Title: AN ACT CONCERNING TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES AND SPEED MONITORING SYSTEMS for the purpose of providing for the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program; providing for traffic studies by certain initiation to evaluate the installation of traffic calming devices on residential streets; providing for certain requests and a certain approval; providing for the timeline for the process of conducting a traffic study and making a determination on whether to install traffic calming devices; providing for appropriate approvals for traffic calming devices; providing for a certain consultation and for a reporting timeline for a final decision on the installation of speed monitoring systems; providing for a certain consultation and for a reporting timeline for a final decision on the installation of residential district speed monitoring systems; and generally regarding traffic calming devices and speed monitoring systems.
• Proposers/Sponsors: Edward P. Burroughs, Krystal Oriadha
• Contact: Kathy Canning, Legislative Attorney

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/8/2025	2	County Executive	signed
11/17/2025	2	County Council	public hearing held
11/17/2025	2	County Council	enacted	Pass
10/21/2025	1	County Council	amended (1)	Pass
10/21/2025	1	County Council	introduced
9/11/2025	1	Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee	Favorably recommended	Pass
6/12/2025	1	Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
3/27/2025	1	Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
3/11/2025	1	County Council	presented and referred

Title

AN ACT CONCERNING TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES AND SPEED MONITORING SYSTEMS for the purpose of providing for the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program; providing for traffic studies by certain initiation to evaluate the installation of traffic calming devices on residential streets; providing for certain requests and a certain approval; providing for the timeline for the process of conducting a traffic study and making a determination on whether to install traffic calming devices; providing for appropriate approvals for traffic calming devices; providing for a certain consultation and for a reporting timeline for a final decision on the installation of speed monitoring systems; providing for a certain consultation and for a reporting timeline for a final decision on the installation of residential district speed monitoring systems; and generally regarding traffic calming devices and speed monitoring systems.

Background

This bill provides that the Department of Public Works and Transportation shall have up to six months to initiate the process of conducting the study and making a determination of whether to install speed humps. The installation of speed humps may only be used at a location approved by the Prince George’s County Council, by resolution. Further, the bill provides that the Director of the Department of Public Works and Transportation shall respond, in writing, within six months of a request from a County Council member, as to a final decision regarding whether the Department will install speed monitoring systems on a particular location of roadway and include an estimated time for installation.