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Action on Resolution 18-068, a Resolution authorizing the Placement of 4-Way Stop Signs at the Intersection of Summit Pass and Telluride Lane / Powderhorn Pass.
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Summary:
This resolution will approve 4-way stop signs at the intersection of Summit Pass and Telluride Lane / Powderhorn Pass.
Background:
The Brookings Traffic Safety Committee discussed a request to install 2-way or 4-way stop signs at the intersection of Summit Pass and Telluride Lane / Powderhorn Pass at their June 14 and July 12, 2018 meetings. The Committee heard input from neighborhood residents and many of them supported 4-way stop signs at the intersection.
The committee discussed the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Section 2B.04, Right of Way at Intersections, and the MUTCD warrant for a 2-way stop sign that would be met was from Section 2B.04, which states "that Yield or Stop signs should be used at an intersection if one or more of the following condition exists: an intersection of a less important road with a main road where application of the normal right-of-way rule would not be expected to provide reasonable compliance with the law." The committee also discussed Section 2B.07, Multi-Way Stop Applications. "The decision to install multi-way stop control should be based on an engineering study." Even though the traffic counts and crash data criteria were not met, the following guidance was reviewed:
"Option:
Other criteria that may be considered in an engineering study include:
A. The need to control left-turn conflicts
B. The need to control vehicle/pedestrian conflicts near locations that generate high pedestrian volumes
C. Location where a road user, after stopping, cannot see conflicting traffic and is not able to negotiate the intersection unless conflicting cross traffic is also required to stop; and
D. An intersection of two residential neighborhood collector (through) streets of similar design and operating characteristics where multi-way s...
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