TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the recommendation to establish one-way and two-way stop controls for streets within the Atwater subdivision
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Michael Prousa, TED Project Manager
BACKGROUND:
When larger subdivisions approach build-out and the streets have been turned to the City for maintenance, staff evaluates the area to establish speed limits and basic right of way controls. In October, staff presented TAB with a recommendation to establish the speed limits within the Atwater subdivision. Both TAB and City Council approved the ordinance associated with these speed limits. A follow up item with a recommendation to establish the right of way controls in Atwater is being provided for TAB's consideration.
Atwater is a newer subdivision bordered by Diehl Road (north), Fairway Drive (east), North Aurora Road (south), and Shore Road (west). The streets in Atwater are currently operating under temporary one-way (T intersections) and two-way stop controls that were put in place with the initial phases of the development. These were provided to accommodate construction traffic as well as facilitate traffic movement for the new residents.
DISCUSSION:
The City applies various established federal, state, or local procedures in consideration of implementing stop controls depending on the street classification, type of stop control (all-way vs one/two way), or other considerations such as a school walk route. For a new subdivision, basic one-way and two-way stop controls are applied based on the authority of a municipality to designate stop control along a through street as allowed by Illinois Vehicle Code section 625 ILCS 5/11-302.
The City's Master Thoroughfare Plan typically serves as a basis for designated the through streets. Since Atwater was not contemplated at the time of the last Master Thoroughfare Plan update, preliminary street cla...
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