Submitted By
Bill McKenna, Village Engineer
Agenda Item Title
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Discussion of Madison Traffic Study and Motion to Direct Staff to Bring Forward a Discussion Regarding Transfering Jurisdication of Washington Blvd in Early 2019
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Overview
Overview
This item is a follow-up discussion on the Madison Street taffic study. In addition staff will briefly review the need for a discussion in early 2019 regarding whether to make a recommendation to transfer jurisdiction of Washington Boulevard from the State of Illinois to the Village of Oak Park in order to implement recommended traffic calming measures.
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Anticipated Future Actions/Commitments
Recommendation
Staff will recommend including funds in the proposed FY2020 and future budgets for traffic data collection to verify the predicted traffic volumes and speeds in the Jackson to Washington corridor as well as funds for traffic calming measures identified in the Traffic Calming Study for Jackson Boulevard, Washington Boulevard, and side streets adjacent to Madison.
Staff will evaluate whether to make a recommendation to transfer jurisdiction of Washington Boulevard from the State of Illinois to the Village of Oak Park in order to implement recommended traffic calming measures.
Separate agenda items will alredy presented (earlier on this agenda) at this meeting for the construction contract with K-Five Construction Corp. and the construction management with Edwin Hancock Engineering for the Madison Street Improvement Project.
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Report
Staff gave a presentation of the Madison Street Improvement project to the Village Board at the October 29, 2018 meeting which is attached for reference. This item is a follow-up discussion of the Maddison Street road diet project to address questions from the October meeting and to provide more information regarding median island removals and results of the traffic studies.
The proposed construction project includes creating a road diet on Madison Str...
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