Submitted By
Ron Burke, Transportation Commission Chairperson; Bill McKenna, Village Engineer
Reviewed By
A.M. Zayyad
Agenda Item Title
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A Motion to Concur with the Transportation Commission's Recommendations, as Amended by Staff, to Implement Portable Speed Radar Signs or Speed Wagons on an Intermittent Basis on the 500 and 600 Blocks of North Taylor Avenue and to Install Rumble Strips on Taylor by the Alley North of Chicago Avenue
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Overview
Overview
The Village of Oak Park received petitions to install traffic calming devices on the 500 and 600 blocks of North Taylor Avenue. At its June 14, 2022 meeting, the Transportation Commission voted to recommend deploying portable speed wagons as well as speed radar signs, installing a rumble strip across Taylor Ave south of the alley north of Chicago Ave, and eliminating the Taylor Avenue driveway into the BP gas station. Staff has amended the commission's recommendations to not include the recommendation regarding removing BP's driveway since it is not an approved tool available to the commission for traffic calming petitions and is not feasible as this driveway is needed in order for the gas station to have deliveries of fuel.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Approve the Motion.
Fiscal Impact
There is no fiscal impact to installing the portable speed radar signs, speed wagon, or targeted police enforcement. The Village already owns all of the equipment listed.
Staff estimates it will cost approximately $1,000 to install temporary rumble strips across Taylor. Prefabricated rumble strips will be used on Taylor which are applied to the existing pavement surface like tape but will likely not last through the winter due to snow plow damage. A permanent rumble strip will be cut into the existing asphalt as a part of a 2023 resurfacing construction project. Costs for the permanent ruble strips are estimated at approximat...
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