City of Raleigh to Hold Design Review for Traffic-Calming Projects

Jayne Kirkpatrick, Director, Public Affairs
Prepared by: John Boyette, Public Affairs Specialist

For more information: Eric Lamb, Manager, Office of Transportation Planning,
919-516-2161

April 17, 2012

City to Hold Design Review for Traffic-Calming Projects

A design review for two proposed major traffic-calming projects will be held during the Raleigh City Council’s meeting on June 5 at 7 p.m. Input from citizens will be accepted at the design review.

The City Council unanimously agreed today to have the design review for the following proposed traffic-calming projects:

• Kaplan Drive from Melbourne Road to Kent Road; and,
• Brookside Drive from Watauga Street to Glascock Street.

Both projects meet requirements in the City’s Neighborhood Traffic Management Program policy, which covers traffic-calming projects. This includes completing a petition of support signed by at least 75 percent of the property owners along the impacted street and holding two public workshops on the projects.

Traffic-calming projects are designed to reduce speeding on neighborhood streets. They include a combination of public education, police enforcement and changes to the roadway in order to reduce speeding by motorists traveling through neighborhoods. The roadway changes may include the installation of curb extensions, bulb-outs, median islands, speed humps or traffic tables.

City Council meetings are held in the council chamber on the second floor of the Avery C. Upchurch Government Complex, 222 W. Hargett St.