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8:00 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. Request approval of Transportation Safety Commission (TSC) motion for Ayr Hill Avenue, NW, traffic calming.
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EXPLANATION AND SUMMARY:
The Department of Public Works (DPW) is requesting approval to proceed with the following traffic calming measures based on DPWs evaluation and TSCs passing of the motions: design of curb bump-outs and curb, gutter, and sidewalk modifications along the Ayr Hill Avenue leg of the Ayr Hill Avenue and Lawyers Road intersection. The TSC motion also includes installation of crosswalk and "STOP" pavement markings at the Ayr Hill Avenue and Center Street, NW ,intersection.
All TSC motions and recommendations are presented by DPW for consideration by Town Council at a regularly scheduled Town Council meetings.
From the Nov. 28, 2023, TSC meeting regarding traffic conditions along Ayr Hill Avenue, NW:
DPW Transportation Engineer Andrew Jinks shared the following report in response to the request for traffic calming. DPW studied Ayr Hill Avenue, NW, between Lawyers Road and Center Street both before and during police enforcement. Before police enforcement, DPW studied Ayr Hill Avenue from Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, to Thursday Oct. 5, 2023. The 85th percentile speed for that date range was 27 miles per hour (MPH). During police enforcement DPW studied Ayr Hill Avenue from Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, to Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. The 85th percentile speed for that date range was 28 MPH. The threshold for physical/vertical traffic calming (or speed tables) is 31 MPH or higher. Given this, DPW does not recommend speed tables/humps. However, given the volumes along Lawyers Road and Ayr Hill Avenue, the large curb radii, and the length of the existing crosswalk across Ayr Hill Avenue, DPW recommends bumping out the curb ramps located at the Ayr Hill Avenue leg of the Ayr Hill Avenue and Lawyers Road intersection. This improvement may also incl...
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