Title
Approval to Submit an Application and Authorize the County Manager to Enter into a Cooperative Project Agreement with the New Mexico Department of Transportation for Highway Safety Improvement Program Funds for the Design and Construction of Trinity Drive Safety Improvements from Oppenheimer Drive to 15th Street.
Recommended Motion
I move that Council Approve the Submittal of an Application and Authorize the County Manager to Enter into a Cooperative Project Agreement with the New Mexico Department of Transportation for Highway Safety Improvement Program Funds for the Design and Construction of Trinity Drive Safety Improvements.
Manager's Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Body
On February 2016, a Road Safety Audit (RSA) was completed for Trinity Drive between Oppenheimer Drive and 15th Street by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) in cooperation with Los Alamos County as part of the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). The RSA recommended various countermeasures for improving safety within this section of Trinity Drive. These countermeasures include median installation for traffic channelization and managed access as well as ADA, pedestrian, bicycle, transit and motorist safety improvements such as curb ramps, sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, LED roadway and pedestrian lighting, bike lanes and bus pullouts.
The RSA also recommended further study for signalization of the Trinity/20th Street Intersection which would provide additional pedestrian crossing opportunities particularly with the forthcoming development of the Canyon Rim Trail and Urban Trail-recently approved for funding under separate federal programs. Subsequently in 2018, the County completed a signal warrant analysis that concluded a traffic signal would be required upon commercial development of vacant land along 20th Street south of Trinity Drive. This analysis also included a speed study detailing tha...
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