DPW000212565
Report Neighborhood Roadway Safety Concern
Public Works
- Requested
- August 15, 2025
- Subtype
- New Speed Control
- Location
- N 22nd St & Venable St
- As reported by the submitter and published by the City. May be the submitter’s address or another party’s; the City does not anonymize to block level.
- Council District
- 7
- Neighborhood
- Union Hill
Description
Citizen calling regarding a traffic calming request; states speed bumps are needed; states vehicles are speeding; there is a school and church; it is very dangerous; states he has been calling for four years; previous request#DPW000208603; sent escalation email
History
- August 15, 2025The service request is submitted.
- August 15, 2025The service request status has been changed to Assigned to Department.
- August 18, 2025The service request status has been changed to Completed.
Comments
- Staff · August 15, 2025Cityworks ID: 564678
- System · August 15, 2025Email sent to DPW- Awaiting a response
- Staff · August 18, 202595% of the people driving on Venable St between N. 21st St and Jessamine St are traveling below the speed limit. Speed tables are not planned. DMV has no reported crashes for the latest five-year period (1.1.20 – 12.31.24) at the intersection of Venable St and N. 22nd St. Residents are encouraged to access Richmond's online speed dashboard for data on all city streets, located on the Vision Zero website: https://www.rva.gov/public-works/vision-zero.