Public Works 2018-2-13 Public Safety CommitteePublic Safety Committee Meeting
Meeting Date: 2/13/18
PUBLIC WORKS / ENGINEERING UPDATE (Since January 9, 2018):
SIGNAL OPERATIONS
Diagnosed and repaired 3 signal malfunctions:
Murrieta / McCall - overhead red light out
McCall / 215 SB – street name sign out
McCall / 215 NB – street name sign out
Coordinated Traffic Signal at Haun/Village with Newport/Haun and I-215 with plans to develop coordination for weekends
Replaced faulty ped buttons at Newport/Haun
Conducted night review of all signals citywide for outages
Reviewed AM and PM congestion on McCall: Sun City to Encanto with plans to develop coordination plans
Responded to signal damaged due to accident at Scott/Lindenberger and Scott/Briggs
LANE STRIPING
Staff finalized work orders for 31 locations to add lanes, restriping of centerlines, edge lines, and installing raised pavement markers
Conducted inventory of 138 miles of centerlines, edgelines and rpm’s along 31 rural roads
Reviewed Antelope and developing striping plan to shift lanes to the west to allow room for SB U-turns at Stillwater signal
Reviewed Chambers and developing Road Diet Plan that includes bike lane/NEV lane, buffers, and center turn lane
Reviewed Sun City and developing Road Diet Plan
Review Holland Road adjacent to Lago Vista Sports Park and will be developing plan to address pedestrian safety, sight distance, and speeding adjacent to a park and residential land
use
Evaluating Bradley for possible striping changes to slow drivers through curves just south of McCall
STREET SIGNAGE
Replaced and installed new Traffic Signs
Conducted inventory of non-reflective street name signs along 42 arterials
Conducted inventory of all stop signs along 27 high speed rural roads
SCHOOLS
Issued work orders for new striping to help relieve congestion at 11 school locations
Installed school crosswalk on all four legs of Evans/Craig
SPEED RADAR TRAILERS
Deployed Speed Trailers on:
Stillwater Drive
Via Amante
McCall
Evening Star
Craig
Reported 1 Police Traffic Enforcement issues for follow-up/monitoring
Conducted new speed surveys to establish lower speed limits on: Scott, Evans, Lindenberger, Briggs, Palomar, Grand, Honey Run, Murphy Ranch, Normandy, Craig
MISCELLANEOUS
Review visibility issue at Menifee / Woodcrest and issued work order for additional red curbing and visibility at Celestial / Cluster and removed illegally parked vehicles.
Reviewed the top 56 highest accident locations for corrective patterns
Reviewed road closure at night for proper signage (La Piedra)
Street Light repair Newport/Sgt. Kelly
Reviewed traffic control plans for Newport and Ethanac widening
Reviewed numerous traffic impact studies and site development