To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Bryan Weimer, PWLF, Director, Public Works & Development
Prepared By:
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James Katzer, PE, Transportation Division Manager, Public Works & Development
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Presenter: James Katzer, PE, Transportation Division Manager, PWD; Bryan Weimer, PWLF, Director, Public Works & Development
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Subject:
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1:30 PM *Update and Adoption of the Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The purpose of this report is to update the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on the revised Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan (NTMP) and discuss the adoption of the updated NTMP, including the NTMP into the Traffic Operations Policies and Procedures, and placement onto the County website.
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Background and Discussion: Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Staff (Staff) created the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP) in 1998 in response to concerns about vehicle speeds, safety, and cut-through traffic on residential roadways. In 2023, a more robust guidance document was sought to maintain a consistent and engineering-based approach to identifying what enhancements, when and where, if any, are needed and appropriate. In the past, the placement of calming and safety strategies has been an ongoing challenge due to the number and variety of locations of requests, small number of viable treatments, and the effectiveness of the adopted enhancements. This program not only addresses traffic calming issues on roadways which are determined by Staff to meet the functional characteristics of local roadways within unincorporated Arapahoe County but will now include minor collector roadways. It was found that the majority of the effective strategies to be implemented would be effective up to the level of minor collectors of which the County manages and would benefit from a well-defined approach. This NTMP is not intended to downgrade roadways in classification ...
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