A problematic intersection at Hull Circle and Westlake Drive will get some additional signage after West Lake Hills City Council action last week.

The intersection, which is the scene of more than a dozen accidents a year, has been the subject of numerous complaints from residents, some of whom have threatened to sue the city if the intersection is not improved.

The council voted 4-1 to place an additional slippery-when-wet caution sign near the intersection.

Speeding drivers and poor sight lines have contributed to several head-on, rear-end and sideswipe collisions in the intersection, Councilman Davin Fillpot said. Add rainy weather to the mix, and the intersection becomes even more dangerous.

“You can’t fix stupid,” Chief Cliff Spratlan of the West Lake Hills Police Department said of speeding drivers on Westlake Drive. “The ingredients for a collision on Westlake Drive: just add water.”

The city had previously approved $5,000 for a traffic study on Westlake Drive and approved up to $11,000 at the June 23 meeting so that HNTB, an engineering firm, can complete the study.

The council considered multiple interim measures to make the intersection safer in the meantime. A stop sign, a radar speed display, trimming trees in the right of way and cautions signs were discussed.

Councilman Stan Graham made a motion to install the slippery-when-wet caution sign as an interim measure until the traffic study recommendations become available in late July, and the motion was approved on a 4-1 vote. Councilman Spencer Stevens voted against the motion because a public hearing and comment period had not been posted and publicized.

The council also directed the police department to place the radar truck, which digitally displays drivers’ speeds, near the intersection.

In other action:

• The council voted unanimously to approve the consolidation of two lots at 706 and 708 Las Lomas Drive;

• Ann Greenburg, of the firm Walsh, Anderson, Brown, Gallegos & Green was appointed as assistant city attorney; and

• A temporary moratorium on certain types of development in the extraterritorial jurisdiction was extended by an additional 90 days by a unanimous vote.