HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 4.4 Restripe Regional St and Amador Plaza Rd AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: April 22, 1985
SUBJECT: Restriping of Regional Street and Amador
Plaza Road
EXHIBITS ATTACHED : TJKM Memorandum
RECOMMENDATION: 1 ) Set a public hearing for the
Council Meeting of May 27 , 1985
2 ) Approve preparation of a striping
plan to detail the proposed
striping improvements
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Estimated cost of the proposed striping
plan is $500 .
DESCRIPTION: TJKM has suggested restriping - of both
Regional Street and Amador Plaza Road, between Amador Valley
Boulevard and Dublin Boulevard. The existing streets have
one lane in each direction. The restriping would add a
continuous two-way left turn lane as a safety measure. The
lane would be a storage area for traffic turning left into
driveways and an acceleration area for traffic turning left
out of driveways .
A proposed striping plan will be available at the public
hearing, and driveway and parking impacts will be discussed.
The street widths from curb to curb are 52 feet which does
not require parking to be eliminated in order to add these
left turn lanes . Some adjustments to parking and no parking
areas may be needed, however, to provide clearances and
sight distances at the driveways .
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ITEM NO. 4, COPIES TO:
MEMORANDUM
DATE: January 25, 1985
TO: Lee Thompson, City Engineer
City of Dublin
FROM: Chris D. Kinzel
TJKM
SUBJECT: Possible Restriping of Regional and Amador Plaza
It is my suggestion that the City consider the restriping of both
Regional Street and Amador Plaza Road generally between Amador Valley
Boulevard and Dublin Boulevard from its present two lane status to three
lanes. The third lane would be a center continuous two-way left-turn
lane. A possible striping scheme for the existing 52 foot curb-to-curb
width streets would be an 11 foot center turning lane, two 13 foot
through lanes and two eight foot parking lanes.
Under this proposal , no parking would be required to be removed although
as a part of the study I am requesting, we would like to consider
adjusting the existing parking and no-parking areas to provide proper
clearances from driveways and sight distances from heavier used
driveways. Regional is heavily parked by commuters who catch the bus or
form carpools in this area and it is not our intention to provide any
wholesale removal of parking.
The major purpose of the center two-way left-turn lane is to increase
safety by creating a continuous left-turn lane for traffic turning into
driveways and at the same time creating an acceleration area for traffic
left-turning from driveways. The 52 foot curb-to-curb width is ideal
for the three lane striping.
In order to restripe the road some minor plans and some additional
parking studies would be required. If parking changes are necessary,
this would need to be enacted by the City Council . Obviously there
would be some costs connected with the restriping itself. The exact
(amount of these costs would be determined during the proposed study
along with an appropriate implementation schedule, either for the
current or future fiscal year. The estimated TJKM costs to conduct a
study and prepare sketches suitable for use by striping crew would be
approximately $500, including engineering and drafting. I am requesting
your authorization to conduct this study. No restriping would be done
until completion of our study and approval of our specific
recommendations by the City.
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