Lenawee Traffic Calming Efforts, March 2011
After
the recent report of a person entering Blair Hills on Lenawee from the north
very rapidly and nearly
striking a parent and child at the curve, the city has been
very helpful working with
us to make this area of Lenawee safer.
Gabe Garcia,
the our Traffic
Engineer Manager, has led the effort. A lot
of us sent emails to the city, which
provided needed support for
this effort. Where is what is happening:
1)
Gabe
had the city put up signs on 3/3/2011,
the day after the emails, marking the
curve entering Lenawee from the north and
turning from eastward to south, with
signs having a curved arrow and a 15mph
suggested speed. 25mph signs and
stop signs have also been replaced with new
signs.
2)
Gabe
obtained authorization to fast-tracking qualification and installation of
speed mitigation. On 3/8 he met with us at Jon and Rosie’s
home and outlined
the steps:
·
MONTH
1
We gather signatures from homes on
both sides of the street, on Lenawee from
the north entrance into
Blair Hills up to the intersection with Wrightcrest, and
from there along
Wrightcrest eastward to the exit on La Cienega. This
includes the
condominiums. Gabe just supplied the petition form (here).
We need a signature from each of 75%
of the 37 homes along the route.
supporting this effort. The 37 homes can be viewed here. Referencing the
numbers in this picture, #1
is a business, #8 is a farm, #26 is twelve
condominiums, and the remainder
are houses.
We need to meet and discuss possible traffic
calming measures (possible
ones are summarized here),
and relay our thoughts to Gabe. He
will meet
with us again to work out
any issues with the proposed measures.
(Note: Because of the Line #5 bus coming into
Blair Hills, speed bumps and
humps are not an
option. A speed table or horizontal
diversion is allowed.)
Gabe Garcia will have a contractor do
traffic counts. This is to be used
only if the traffic
calming measures appear to have adverse impacts on
other parts of the neighborhood, in order to determine
the impact. These counts
are not needed to
qualify us for help: We get the help if we sign the petition and
the City Council gives
approval.
·
MONTH
2
The issue will be brought to City Council. We need to show up to give
support for the effort.
·
MONTH
3
The mitigation is put out to bid.
·
MONTH
4
The bid is accepted and the work is
done.
3)
We need help with circulating the petition. Please contact Terry Keelan to assist.
4)
Come to the next Blair Hills neighborhood meeting next Tuesday at 7PM at
the Baldwin
Hills Park community room to discuss mitigation ideas.
