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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 07 - Speed Limits ���� � MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER �� MEETING DATE: APRIL 1, 2008 SUBJECT: SPEED LIMITS ON GLADE ROAD AND FAIRWAY DRIVE RECOMMENDATION: City Council consider adopting an Ordinance amending Section 23-26, Speed Limits- Schedule for Certain Public Streets and Ways, of the City Code of Ordinances to establish: • a 35 mph speed zone on Glade Road in the westbound direction between SH 121 and SH 360. • a 40 mph speed zone in both directions on Fairway Drive between SH 26 and City Limits. and take any necessary action. BACKGROUND: Glade Road has been recently widened from a two lane road to a four lane divided arterial. The north side of Glade Road between SH 360 and SH 121 is within the City limits of Grapevine while the south side of Glade Road in this section is under the jurisdiction of the City of Euless. Prior to the widening, Glade Road had a prima facie speed limit of 30 mph which is too slow for a four lane divided arterial. Fairway Drive currently has a speed limit of 35 mph between State Highway 26 and the City Limits with Flower Mound. However, this speed limit was set by the US Corps of Engineers arbitrarily and cannot be enforced unless substantiated by a traffic engineering study. An engineering study was conducted on the two streets to determine the safe and reasonable speed limits. The engineering study typically involves measuring the actual speeds of free-flowing vehicles and determining the speed at which the majority of the vehicles (85%) are traveling. The speed limit is set close to this 85th percentile speed. In addition, the geometric layout of the street, driveway visibility, accident history and other factors are also considered. This process ensures that the speed limit is set neither artificially too � high nor too low. March 25, 2008 (8:42AM) The traffic engineering study indicated that the 85�h percentile speed for the subject section of Glade Road is 40 mph in both directions. However, a 35 mph speed limit is recommended as the design speed of the street is 40 mph. Setting the speed limit slightly lower than the design speed allows for a degree of safety. In addition, many side streets along Glade Road are residential streets with on-street parking. Vehicles turning into the side streets from Glade Road have to slow down considerably and a lower speed limit reduces the potential for rear-end collisions from sudden slow downs for turns. The City of Euless will also install a 35 mph speed limit on the south side of Glade Road for eastbound traffic. On Fairway Drive, the 85th percentile speed was measured to be 45 mph between State Highway 26 and the Cowboys Golf Course entrance and 50 mph in the straight stretch between the Grapevine Municipal Golf Course and the Cowboys Golf Course. Although a speed limit closer to the 85th percentile speed is normally recommended, in the case of Fairway Drive, a 40 mph speed limit is recommended for the following reasons. ■ The accident history over the last eight years shows that there were 22 accidents on Fairway Drive. While this is not a significant number, a majority of the accidents resulted in injuries (13) and one fatality. A higher speed limit increases the potential for serious accidents. ■ The absence of a shoulder, narrow lanes and the presence of guard rail over most of the section limits the room for error. In addition, there is limited sight distance at the major driveways (Silver Lake Marina, Dallas Cowboys Golf Course and Grapevine Municipal Golf Course). ■ The presence of curves (near the Grapevine Municipal Golf Course entrance and south of the Dallas Cowboys Golf Course entrance) without a dividing median nor curbs and gutters increases the potential for running off the road, especially during severe weather conditions. One such accident resulted in a fatality. ■ There is a high proportion of traffic that has tows (campers, boats etc.) and the higher the speed limit, the larger the speed differential between these slow moving vehicles and other vehicles. A large speed differentia( can increase accident potential. The accident history shows that the absence of areas for making turns has resulted in many side-swipe and rear-end collisions. 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'�'3'�.�. � � � yr ; , .z ��" w : -'.- .�1 ��`� � � � � � �� ORDINANCE NO. �`� d� �,� ��, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING THE GRAPEVINE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23 TRAFFIC, SECTION 23-26 SPEED LIMITS - SCHEDULES FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC STREETS AND WAYS, ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 167 AND 169 OF ARTICLE XIX, R.C.S. 6701 d, UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS, UPON THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION UPON CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, OR PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE AS SET OUT IN THE ORDINANCE; AUTHORIZING THE ERECTION OF TRAFFIC REGULATION SIGNS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH AN OFFENSE OCCURS OR CONTINUES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, Sections 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701 d, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, provide that whenever the governing body of the City shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any prima facie speed therein set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a street or highway, with the City taking into consideration the width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances on such portion of said street or highway, as well as the usual traffic thereon, said governing body may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit thereat or thereon by the passage of an ordinance, which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or other place or part of the street or highway. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: Section 1. That Chapter 23 Traffic, Section 23-26 Schedule for Certain Public Streets and Ways of the Grapevine Code of Ordinances is hereby amended upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Sections 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701d, Uniform Act. Regulating Traffic on Higways, the following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for vehicles are hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and safe; and such speed limits are hereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and highways, or parts thereof, described as follows: Street and Location Speed Limits (Miles Per Hour) "Glade Road, from State Highway 121 to State Highway 360, westbound direction 35 Fairway Drive, from State Highway 26 to City Limits, both directions 40 " Section 2. That the City Manager, or his agent, is hereby authorized to have the proper traffic signs erected, constructed, and placed at such points along said highways, streets or alleys, or portions thereof under construction, maintenance, or repair, so that travelers will be reasonably notified of said traffic regulations. Section 3. That all ordinances or any parts thereof in conflict with the terms of this ordinance shall be and hereby are deemed repealed and of no force or effect provided, however, that the ordinance or ordinances under which the cases currently filed and pending in the Municipal Court of the City of Grapevine, Texas shall be deemed repealed only when all such cases filed and pending under such ordinance or ordinances have been disposed of by a final conviction or a finding of not guilty, nolo contendere, or dismissal. Section 4. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the Municipal Court, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which an offense occurs or continues. Section 5. That if any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in the ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of this ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Section 6. That the fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of Grapevine, Texas do not adequately regulate the traffic within the City creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare requires that this ordinance take effect immediately from and after the date of its passage. ORD. NO. 2 PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 1st day of April, 2008. APPROVED: ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: ORD. NO. 3