Agenda - Council - 11/28/2000 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ! PW CASE DISCUSS EXTENDING CENTER MEDIAN ON COUNTY ROAD #116 EAST OF TRUNK HIGHWAY #47 By: Steve Jankowski,.City Engineer Background: Th'~ access onto County Road #116 from the Rivers Bend Plaza shopping center has. long been problematic fi.om a couple of aspects. First, it has been a location for a high number of accidents. Police data documents 41 accidents at this location during the period of 1993 th.rough 1998, which is an average of more than one accident per two month period. I have attached police accident reports from the current year to illustrate the types of accidents that are occurring. A second issue associated with this access is that it attracts cut through traffic from, vehicles wishing to avoid delay from the traffic signals on Trunk Highway #47. Perhaps with the addition of three more traffic signals on Trunk Highway #47, neighborhood residents of the/Livers Bend subdivision particularly those on Waco Street N.W., may have a concern about the level of this cut through traffic increasing. The purpose of this case 'is to solicit various viewpoints on modifying the median islands to prohibit let~ tums into and out of the Rivers Bend Plaza. The positive aspects of this median extension would be safer traffic conditions on County Road #116, and a decrease in this cut-th.rough traffic. The negative aspects would be those economic impacts associated with limiting access to the Rivers Bend Plaza. Perhaps, an alternative to movement closure by median extension might be posting left turn restriction during peak hours. Committee Action: Based on discussion. Reviewed by: Director of Public Works Police Chief PW: 11/21/00