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Approval of Design for Stage 2 Traffic Calming on Cobblestone Drive
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to present a recommended design of Stage 2 traffic calming for Cobblestone Drive and for the Board of Aldermen to approve a design.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Zachary Hallock, 919-918-7329, zhallock@townofcarrboro.org
INFORMATION:
* On March 19th, 2019 the Board of Aldermen received a petition for traffic calming on the 100 block of Cobblestone Drive and directed staff to proceed with installing Stage 2 traffic calming devices prior to the beginning of the 2019-20 school year. The Board of Aldermen also directed staff to implement Stage 1 traffic calming and include a bike boulevard concept in a meeting with neighbors and to perform follow up counts and analysis.
o Details of this meeting can be found at: https://carrboro.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=678571&GUID=ABCD5145-DDD0-4077-8022-65E70D9C4D59&Options=&Search=
* Installing stage 2 measures before the fall school year accelerated the implementation sequence. Specifically, traffic counts, taken only during the school year, would follow Stage 2, rather than precede it.
* On Saturday, May 5th a neighborhood traffic calming meeting was held along Cobblestone Drive.
* Staff worked to develop a temporary installation that could be in place before the start of school and could be modified if it did not achieve desired results.
* Residents were notified of the installation during the week of July 31st.
* Based on feedback received from the residents, all physical traffic calming measures other than the speed bump were removed during the week of August 7th.
* Additional community input session were held during August and September, at which a design option [Attachment C] was presented which included three speed humps along the 100 block of Cobblestone Drive.
* The previously mentioned design and another alternative which included four spee...
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