Committee of the Whole Start Time: 8:40am - June 13, 2011
43RD AVENUE ROAD DIET AND ACCIDENT REDUCTION PROJECT (P.9-14)
A. THAT Council instruct staff, subject to successful award of the 100 percent $868,000 Gas Tax Innovation Fund grant, to proceed with the implementation of the Road Diet in 43rd Avenue between 27th and 32nd Streets;
AND FURTHER that this work in 43rd Avenue include Accident Reduction measures at the intersection of 31st Street, once the Polson Greenway Phase 2, 2011 capital project in 29th Street is completed.
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Regular Open Council Meeting Start Time: 1:30pm - June 13, 2011
- TRAFFIC SIGNAL WARRANTS FOR 27th STREET AT 28th AND 35th AVENUES AND SIGNAL CO-ORDINATION ON THE 27th STREET AND 48th AVENUE CORRIDORS (P. 201)THAT Council approve funds of $30,000 for a study to include the completion of traffic signal warrants for the intersections of 27th Street and 28th and 35th Avenues, and a study of the traffic signal timings in order to produce a new co-ordination pattern for the corridors of 27th Street and 48th Avenue.
- THAT Council support the application by Mark Budgen to rezone Lot 1, Sec. 34, Tp. 9, Plan 550 “PG” Except the Easterly 82 Feet Measured Along the Northerly and Southerly Boundaries Thereof, ODYD (2602 – 25 Avenue) from R2 – Large Lot Residential to R5 – Four- plex Housing Residential with the intent to develop two, four unit buildings, subject to the following conditions:
5 comments:
I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER THE EXPENDITURE OF $868,000 ON SUCH A FOOLISH PROJECT. IF THIS GOES THROUGH IT PROVES THAT COUNCIL DOES WHATEVER STAFF REQUESTS.JUST WAIT UNTIL THE TAXPAYERS RESPOND TO THIS WASTE OF MONEY IF IT IS APPROVED.
Stupid-43rd "diet" and the Budgen rezoning for two four plexes
I agree, the 43rd Ave diet is a total waste of money and should not be supported regardless of the source of funding.
Likewise, the rezoning application on 25th Ave should not be supported. Most of the East Hill area is zoned single family and it should remain that way. Two four-unit buildings on this lot would completely change the character of the surrounding area. It would also set a precedent for the whole area.
"Road Diet" is one thing, but taking away left turns and thereby reducing the number of alternate routes is quite another!
For those who come from Bella Vista /Landing area and take Alexis Park as a back route, turning LEFT from 43rd ave onto 31st Street lets you avoid Hwy 97, if you are on your way to the mall or Anderson or North Vernon shopping areas or Silver Star.
This 43rd Ave Road Diet proposes to PREVENT the left turn from 43rd Ave to 31st St by installing one of those concrete "absences of logic".
Preventing this left turn would either force more traffic onto Hwy 97, or force traffic to continue farther down 43rd Ave and then turn onto the newly narrowed 29th Street, or continue all the way to 27th Street - all of this traffic should be avoided, don't you think, as it pretty much defeats the purpose of the 43rd Ave Road Diet!
Let's hope the City's transportation experts - and our elected decision-makers - can grasp the impact of preventing left turns for ALL routes, not just for a few short blocks of 43rd Ave.
A graph that shows the number of accidents along 43rd Ave from 27th Street to 32nd Street (Hwy 97) is simply not sufficient justification for such a project, and does not address the BIG picture nor our local traffic patterns.
Is it any wonder we residents are shaking our heads?
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