Overland Park, KS - Drivers, you are going to receive feedback from the city about your driving.

Wednesday night at the Public Works Committee meeting, council and staff members agreed to the installation of a pair of permanent "driver feedback signs" on 99th Terrace, west of Antioch.

The sign, similar in size to a street light, has an electronic display that shows a driver's current speed. It also has the legal posted speed limit, 25 mph, for that section of 99th Terrace. Staff members will evaluate the best location for each sign and expect to install each by the end of August.

Once the signs are installed, residents are encouraged to use OPCares on the city's Web site, www.opkansas.org, to share their thoughts and opinions.

"In addressing the concerns of residents who live along 99th Terrace and others who regularly drive it, I am hopeful that we can educate drivers to be aware of their current driving speed and simultaneously improve safety for everyone," said Brian Shields, traffic engineer.

Similar signs were installed by the city last year on 133rd Street, between Lamar and Nall, and have proven successful in alerting drivers to their current speed.

In July 2009, Sandra Carocari, 70, was doing gardening work in her front yard when a driver left 99th Terrace and struck and killed Carocari. Speed was not a factor in the fatality accident.

Police officers conducted high-intensity traffic enforcement following the accident with 68 hours of time monitoring speeds along 99th Terrace.

During this special enforcement, officers issued tickets to anyone going five miles or more over the speed limit. The standard is usually 10 or more. More than 200 tickets were issued. Most of those receiving tickets lived either on 99th Terrace or within a half-mile.

The police department also conducted increased traffic enforcement along 99th Terrace prior to the accident and after the high intensity effort. In 2010, once a month officers have focused on 99th Terrace for traffic enforcement.

Public Works traffic engineers looked at prevailing speeds on 99th Terrace from Antioch west to Switzer. Eighty-five percent of drivers were driving within five miles per hour of the posted speed limit.

Five accidents were recorded in 2009 along this stretch of 99th Terrace. In addition to the fatality accident, two other vehicles struck parked cars, and another was a rear-end accident at a stop sign.

Engineers determined that based on traffic studies, traffic calming measures were not warranted. Those measures include traffic circles and speed humps, both of which either require taking private property or could impede access of residents to their driveways.