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