Traffic Management Updates
I've spoken with a couple of Austin city engineers to ascertain what's happening with regard to getting the intersection of Brodie and Silk Oak under control. Here's the latest:
Traffic Light - A city engineer responsible for traffic signals has promised to visit the intersection again now that the auto parts store has opened. He also plans to commission another traffic count. As you may recall, the traffic count performed last summer did not yet show high enough traffic to justify a light, but we're hoping that's changed with the opening of the store.
Left-Turn Lane on Northbound Brodie - According to the city engineer I spoke with, the developer of Brodie 31 is responsible for putting in a left-turn lane and needs to do so immediately. The engineer's boss has promised to contact the developer and notify him that the left-turn lane needs to be put in ASAP, or else the city will disallow left turns into the shopping center.
Traffic Count at Silk Oak Drive and Silk Oak Cove - The city once again has some funding available to do traffic calming and they are starting to collect data to analyze the situation in our area. We expect to hear from the city engineer heading up this project.
The Cherry Creek on Brodie Lane neighborhood association has also concluded our own survey on our neighborhood's traffic priorities. Based on eight residents responding by the deadline of 12/31/2007, we saw the following results (listed in decreasing order of priority):
Traffic Light - A city engineer responsible for traffic signals has promised to visit the intersection again now that the auto parts store has opened. He also plans to commission another traffic count. As you may recall, the traffic count performed last summer did not yet show high enough traffic to justify a light, but we're hoping that's changed with the opening of the store.
Left-Turn Lane on Northbound Brodie - According to the city engineer I spoke with, the developer of Brodie 31 is responsible for putting in a left-turn lane and needs to do so immediately. The engineer's boss has promised to contact the developer and notify him that the left-turn lane needs to be put in ASAP, or else the city will disallow left turns into the shopping center.
Traffic Count at Silk Oak Drive and Silk Oak Cove - The city once again has some funding available to do traffic calming and they are starting to collect data to analyze the situation in our area. We expect to hear from the city engineer heading up this project.
The Cherry Creek on Brodie Lane neighborhood association has also concluded our own survey on our neighborhood's traffic priorities. Based on eight residents responding by the deadline of 12/31/2007, we saw the following results (listed in decreasing order of priority):
- Realign Deer and Davis at Brodie
- Install Traffic Light at Silk Oak and Brodie
- Extend Westgate between Cameron Loop and Slaughter
- Widen Davis Between Brodie and Leo
- Install a No U-Turn Sign on Southbound Brodie at Silk Oak
- Complete Davis between Huebinger Pass and Leo
- Install a Cut-Through Turn Lane on Southbound Brodie for the Brodie Heights Neighborhood
- Time the Lights on Brodie at Slaughter and at David to Create Gaps in Traffic for People Turning onto Brodie
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