TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Recommend approval to amend the parking restriction on the east side of Brainard Street from the centerline of Hillside Road to a point 150' north of the centerline of Hillside Road as outlined in the attached ordinance and to establish a no parking, stopping, or standing zone between 7:45 a.m.-8:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. on school days on the north side of Hillside Road from a point 95' west of the centerline of Thornwood Drive.
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Kelly Dunne, Project Manager
BACKGROUND:
The City received a request to investigate and evaluate the current traffic control plan and operations at Highlands Elementary School. The school and parents expressed issues with vehicles queuing on Hillside Road during arrival and dismissal. Hillside Road is a 28-foot wide Collector roadway with a 20 mph school zone speed limit.
Currently, Highlands' traffic control plan directs parents to pick up and drop off students in the parking lot on the northwest corner of Brainard Street and Hillside Road (see attached Traffic Control Plan). Drivers travel westbound on Hillside Road and turn northbound to enter the parking lot from the Brainard Street driveway. Drivers exit the parking lot from the Hillside Road driveway.
To reduce congestion on Hillside Road and maintain visibility of the crosswalk on Hillside Road at Brainard Street, parking, stopping, or standing on both sides of Hillside Road between Thornwood Drive and Loomis Street is not permitted during arrival and dismissal times.
DISCUSSION:
After conducting observations of traffic flow at Highlands School, City staff met with the school principal, District 203 representatives, and a group of parents with children enrolled at Highlands. It was agreed upon at this June 14, 2018 parent and staff meeting that the existing traffic control plan would be maintained. In order to improve operat...
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