Submitted By
Jack Chalabian, Transportation Commission Chairperson Bill McKenna, Village Engineer
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Motion to Concur with the Transportation Commission's Recommendation to Upgrade the Two-Way STOP Signs to All-Way STOP Signs at the Intersection of Superior Street and Linden Avenue and Direct Staff to Prepare the Necessary Ordinance.
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Overview
Overview
The Village of Oak Park received a petition to install all-way STOP signs at the intersection of Superior Street and Linden Avenue. The Village conducted crash analysis and traffic studies for the intersection. The Transportation Commission voted four to one to recommend upgrading to all-way STOP signs at the intersection of Superior Street and Linden Avenue at its May 22, 2017 meeting. Staff concurs with the Transportation Commission's Recommendation.
Body
Staff Recommendation
Approve the Motion
Fiscal Impact
Staff estimates it will cost less than $1,500 to install signage and related pavement markings to upgrade from a two-way to an all-way STOP controlled intersection. There are available funds in the FY2017 General Fund, Public Works - Street Services, account no. 1001-43740-761-550634 for this work.
Background
On October 6, 2016, the Village of Oak Park received a petition to upgrade to all-way STOP signs at the intersection of Superior Street and Linden Avenue. Persons representing 72.1% of the street frontage on the petitioning blocks signed the petition. The petition was certified as a valid petition. See Attachment A for a copy of the petition and the related letter of explanation.
Reasons provided for the petition were: significant amount of non-local traffic using Linden Avenue as a bypass between Lake Street and Chicago Avenue, safety concerns regarding pedestrians traveling east-west on Superior Street (including students of Oak Park River Forest High School and Alcuin Montessori School), vehicles travel at elevated speeds on...
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