Drivers on 14 named street segments in the Lake Front Avenue area would face a 25 mph limit if the ordinance passes both readings and takes effect.
New Braunfels is scheduled to consider a first reading Sept. 28 that would lower the posted speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph on residential streets off Lake Front Avenue. The proposal spans Lake Front Avenue and portions of Dunlap Drive, Dunlap Loop, Carolyn Cove, Misty Acres Drive, Clear Cove Road, Little Pebble, Creek Bed Drive, Rivertree Drive, River Rock, Running River, River Hill, River Bank and Rio Verde.
What the traffic study found
The area is now posted at 30 mph, and the city study measured 85th-percentile speeds from 20 to 31 mph at six collection points. Misty Acres Drive produced the highest reading, 31 mph. The two Lake Front Avenue locations both measured 29 mph, while locations within Rivertree ranged from 20 to 22 mph after speed humps were installed there.
The study says four crashes were reported in the area from July 2023 through July 2026, including two classified as speed-related. It also describes frequent residential driveways, on-street parking and pedestrian activity, with sidewalks limited to Misty Acres Drive, Carolyn Cove and parts of Lake Front Avenue.