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^TTPsCLK iIAGUT <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />DATE: April 20, 1995 <br />ITEM NO: <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Ron Moorsc <br />Title City Administrator <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />City Administrator's <br />Report <br />Item Description: <br />Permanent Closure of Old Beach Road <br />Background ^ <br />Concerns regarding traffic levels and safety on Old Beach Road were first addressed in 1987 <br />when the city restricted truck traffic from the roadway. More recently residents on Old Beach <br />Road have expressed renewed concerns regarding traffic levels and safety. City staff have <br />worked with the County Highway Department staff to determine the extent of the problem and <br />to identify solutions. <br />Problems <br />1. Traffic safety problem on Old Beach Road <br />a. Causes <br />1.) Traffic volume <br />a. ) 3600 cars per day <br />b. ) This is a very high volume of traffic for a residential street and is <br />substantially more than on any of Orono’s collector streets, which have <br />been designed and constructed to handle the higher levels of traffic. <br />Old Crystal Bay Road: <br />Willow Drive: <br />Brown Road: <br />2500 trips per day <br />2300 trips per day <br />2000 trips per day <br />2.)Strc't design and layout <br />a.) Old Beach Road is a residential street design. The roadway was <br />designed only to carry local traffic (neighborhood traffic). The residential <br />street standard calls for a total width of 30 feet, including shoulders. Old <br />Beach Road does not meet this standard, particularly 5t its northern end. <br />The collector road design standard calls for a total width of 40 feet. <br />b.) Old Beach Road has a hill that causes a sight-distance safety problem <br />particularly if traffic volumes are high or if speeds exceed 20 miles per <br />hour.