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Resolution to Approve and Appropriate the Preliminary Project Budget for the Design and Installation of Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFB) at Plymouth Road and at S. Seventh Street ($81,000.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
The attached resolution requests approval of the preliminary project budget for the design and installation of four (4) RRFB at Plymouth Road and one (1) RRFB at S. Seventh Street south of W. Washington Street.
Plymouth Road between Murfin Ave and Huron Parkway is a five (5) lane facility with four (4) pedestrian refuge islands. The posted speed limit on Plymouth Road is 35 mph and 45 mph, with a daily vehicular traffic volume of approximately 22,000. The nearby developments include City residential units, University of Michigan’s north campus housing and offices, apartments, shopping malls, businesses and religious facilities. The mid-block pedestrian crossing islands provide the primary crossing points for the very large students and residents foot traffic, AATA and UM bus customers and the businesses on the opposite sides of Plymouth Road.
S. Seventh Street at Washington Street is a busy roadway with the posted speed limit of 30 mph, a daily vehicular traffic volume of close to 10,000, and a relatively short sight distance at the Washington Street intersection. This intersection is only a few blocks from an elementary school, with a marked crosswalk for the foot traffic that is generated by the students and the residents. About two years ago the City installed a pedestrian refuge island at S. Seventh Street just south of Washington Street.
To further enhance the pedestrian safety at the above pedestrian crossing points we are proposing the addition of Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFB) to the existing pedestrian refuge islands at the locations mentioned above. A Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon consists of two (2) rectangular stutter flash beacons below pedestrian warning signage. They are push button actuated ...
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