TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kristoff Bauer, Deputy City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, PE, CCM, CFM, Interim Public Services Director
DATE: October 22, 2018
RE:
Title
NCDOT projects to install four way stops at the intersections of Sapona Road at Plymouth Street and Clinton Road at Plymouth Street
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)|109|
b
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal I: Safe and Secure Community
Objective B: To ensure traffic safety by striving to reduce preventable vehicle accidents and traffic related fatalities and injuries
Executive Summary:
NCDOT is proposing to revise the traffic control at the intersections of Sapona Road at Plymouth Street and Clinton Road at Plymouth Street to four way stop locations. Currently, Plymouth Street is the stop approaches at both these intersections and Sapona Road and Clinton Road are not required to stop. This proposal results from an NCDOT investigation of the accident history at these locations. The recommendation to convert these intersections to four way stops is intended to correct this accident history.
Although both Sapona Road and Clinton Road are NCDOT maintained streets, Plymouth Street is a city maintained street at both these intersections. NCDOT is forwarding this information for any comments or questions Council may have regarding these proposed projects. NCDOT has coordinated with City Traffic Services staff to develop these recommendations and staff concurs the projects could improve the safety and operation of these intersections.
Background:
These locations were identified as a part of NCDOT's 2017 and 2018 Highway Safety Improvement Program. Once identified on this program, an accident history and field investigation was conducted by NCDOT to determine recommendations for revisions to the traffic control. NCDOT coordinated with City Traffic Services staff to review the accident history and data from the field investigation and ...
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