DATE:
October 16, 2019 and October 30, 2019
04
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
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TRAFFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE (10/16/2019 - ADOPT RECOMMENDATIONS; 10/30/2019 - SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE) (DISTRICTS: 1, 2, 3, & 5)
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OVERVIEW
As part of the Department of Public Works (DPW) traffic engineering program, the Board of Supervisors (Board) established the Traffic Advisory Committee (TAC) as an aid in providing uniform traffic regulations throughout the unincorporated areas of the county. The goal of the TAC is to make recommendations to the Board on traffic matters to provide the communities in the unincorporated region with a safe and efficient road system. To accomplish this, it is necessary that traffic policies be established and used to provide persons using the road system with consistent and uniform regulations that are effective and can be legally enforced. The TAC meets every six weeks to review proposed additions, deletions, or changes to regulatory traffic control devices such as speed limits, stop signs, traffic signals, and parking regulations on County-maintained roads. Upon receipt of a request or recommendation for a traffic regulation in unincorporated areas of the county, the TAC reviews and investigates the requested item including engineering studies and studies of traffic conditions.
The TAC recommends the Board act on four items from the July 26, 2019, meeting agenda:
* Item 1-A is a periodic review that is required every seven years and was requested by DPW staff to comply with state law. This will recertify the use of radar for speed enforcement on Briarwood Road from Sweetwater Road to State Route 54 in Bonita. The roadway is currently posted with a 40 MPH speed limit and measured speeds averaged 40.9 MPH. Road operating conditions including collision experience and the narrowing of travelled lanes for installation of bicycle lanes during this summer's regular resurfacing project support a 35 MPH posted speed limit al...
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