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Winmore Traffic Calming Request
PURPOSE: The Town Council is asked to review a traffic calming request for East Winmore Avenue in Winmore and consider adopting a Town Code amendment for the installation of a new stop sign.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Becca Eversole, Transportation Planner, 919-918-7332, beversole@carrboronc.gov; Christina Moon, Planning and Transportation Administrator, 919-918-7325, cmoon@carrboronc.gov; Patricia McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918-7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov; Kevin Belanger, Public Works Director, 919-918-7427, kbelanger@carrboronc.gov
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
The Town of Carrboro Residential Traffic Management Plan (RTMP) provides a mechanism for residents to petition for the installation of traffic calming devices (Attachment F). The Comprehensive Plan, Carrboro Connects speaks to the RTMP and recommendations to reduce street design speeds and vehicular speeds in the Transportation & Mobility Chapter under Strategy 2.2. A Racial Equity Assessment Lens (REAL) for the RTMP has been completed; the abridged version has been provided (Attachment H).
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Information
INFORMATION: Residents from the Winmore village mixed-use community submitted a traffic calming request to Planning staff in 2018 and completed a signed petition in September 2023 (Attachment C). A detailed staff report provides an analysis of the application based on the steps outlined in the RTMP and includes the results of traffic counts at two locations: just east of East Winmore and Atterbury Street and just west of East Winmore and Jewell Drive. Vehicle counts were conducted in November 2023 and bike-ped counts in March 2024. Following the completion of the counts, staff analyzed the data and presented its findings to the Traffic & Parking Committee, an interdepartmental committee con...
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