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Latest News (Updated December 21, 2009)
PROJECT PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 15, 2009
City staff presented a recommendation to construct a traffic signal at the intersection of West Street and Osler Drive at the December 15, 2009 City Council meeting.
The City Council directed staff to place the project on hold until such time as the parties that benefit from the traffic signal at West Street and Osler Drive (Edward Hospital, Naperville Park District and Naperville School District 203) provide 100 percent of the funding for the traffic signal.
The project will not be programmed in the city’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) until the benefiting parties provide the city with the funding for 100 percent of the cost of the traffic signal. The project is currently not included in the proposed FY11-15 CIP that will be presented to the City Council for its consideration in early 2010.
Project Background
In 2008, the city’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) included a project to begin the engineering work to install a traffic signal at the intersection of West Street with Emerald Drive. Prior to starting the consultant selection process, city staff decided it might be more appropriate to take a step back and perform a feasibility study to evaluate if there were other options available to improve the operation of the intersection of West Street and Emerald Drive.
The idea to conduct a feasibility study was initiated due to the discussions that were being held regarding the Caroline Martin Mitchell Properties Master Campus Plan. One of the topics discussed during the development of the master plan was traffic and access within the planning boundaries. This included the intersections of West Street with Emerald Drive and Osler Drive. The operation of each intersection is dependent upon the other due to their close proximity and the scope of work associated with the feasibility study was developed to evaluate improvements at both intersections.
The city hired Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. to conduct the feasibility study. More detailed information about the feasibility study is provided in the Project Scope section below.
Project Scope
This project involves conducting a feasibility study to identify potential intersection improvement alternatives for the intersections of West Street/Osler Drive and West Street/Emerald Drive.
A project location map is provided below:
The following tasks are included in the Feasibility Study:
Task
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Description of Work
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Data Collection
(Summer 2009)
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This task involves collecting previous studies, roadway plans, traffic signal plans, traffic volumes, and other related data that will be necessary to develop and analyze the improvement alternatives.
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Preliminary Geometry
(Fall 2009)
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This task involves developing the improvement alternatives that will be analyzed.
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Traffic Analysis
(Fall 2009)
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This task involves the evaluation of the improvement alternatives.
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Feasibility Report
(Winter - Spring 2009)
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This task involves developing a final report that summarizes the analysis that was conducted for each of the improvement alternatives.
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Public Involvement
(Summer 2009)
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This task involves conducting a public meeting to provide an opportunity for the public to comment on the potential improvement alternatives that were developed as part of the feasibility study.
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Public Involvement
TAB Recommendation
City staff presented a recommendation to pursue Option 1 – Traffic Signal at Osler Drive to the Transportation Advisory Board on July 11, 2009. The agenda item and attachments are provided below.
WHEN: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 8 a.m.
WHERE: Naperville Municipal Center – Council Chambers
Feasibility Study Alternative Improvement Options Public Open House
A public open house was held on Wednesday, June 11, 2009 to introduce the alternative improvement options evaluated in the Feasibility Study. Following are the materials that were presented during the meeting.
Meeting Materials:
Public Comments
Following is a summary of the comments received during the public meeting:
For questions or concerns related to this project, please contact project engineer Kim Grabow at grabowk@naperville.il.us.
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