Review Pedestrian and Traffic Concerns on Variolite Street and Receive Petition for Pedestrian Crosswalk

At the April 11th city council meeting staff received a petition from the Sweetbay Ridge neighborhood requesting that the city provide residents with a safer crossing area  at the intersection of Variolite St and 161st Ave. to allow access to Central Park.  Our policy is to have staff collect information at the intersection in question, such as traffic volumes, pedestrian volumes, sight lines, accident history, posted speed, etc.  After the data is collected and reviewed, staff will make its recommendation based on that data and standard engineering practices. 

Staff also received a letter from a resident that lives near the intersection of 158th Ave and Variolite St and they to are concerned with traffic speed on Variolte St and pedestrian safety.  Both the petition and the  letter are attached to the case.

 

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The traffic data collection will be performed as part of staff's regular duties.

Direct staff to collect the necessary traffic data and present it's findings and recommendation for the requested crosswalk, and any other safety-related improvements in regard to Variolite Street, at the May16th Public Works Committee meeting.

Motion to approve staff recommendation  to collect the necessary data and present it's findings and recommendation for the requested crosswalk, and any other safety-related improvements in regard to Variolite Street, at the May 16th Public Works Committee meeting or, reject the staff recommendation, and accept alternate recommendation based on committee discussion.