Review Revised Design: Eagle Trace Drive
Review Revised Design: Eagle Trace Drive
Welcome back! We have heard feedback from your neighborhood on the proposed safety improvement to Eagle Trace Drive. We are excited to share the revised design. All feedback was taken into consideration while also using best practices to make sure we provide the safest option for your neighborhood. Please review the final design by 5 PM on October 30.
Why this project?
The City has identified Eagle Trace Drive for a traffic calming project, which will improve safety for those driving, walking, and biking in your neighborhood. Our goal is safer streets for all! Your street was identified because:
- Typical driving speeds are 37 MPH (Speed limit is 25 MPH).
We have already shared education materials with neighbors and had one open comment period on proposed safety improvement.
Design
City staff are recommending speed humps and speed cushions to slow speeding on Eagle Trace Drive. These devices would be placed every 500 feet along Eagle Trace Drive from Southall Road to Linville Ridge Drive.
Below is a summary of the feedback gathered when the neighborhood was asked to react to the proposed design.
Shared Community Comments
- Concerns about Speeding and Driving Behavior
- Emergency Response Concerns
- Pedestrian Safety and Crossing Improvements
What We Heard from the Community
- Why speed hump or cushion?
- Speed cushions will be installed on the front half of Eagle Trace (between Southall Road and Grand Traverse Drive) where traffic volumes and emergency vehicle needs are highest.
- Speed humps will be used on the back part of the street where volumes are lower, matching the device type planned for the Grand Traverse Drive project, which is approved and expected to be installed within the next 9 months.
- Can you mark crosswalks at intersections?
Marked crosswalks cannot be installed without existing sidewalk connections, in accordance with city design standards.
However, staff will evaluate every intersection along the corridor for signage upgrades, future opportunities to add marked crossings when sidewalk segments are introduced or extended.
Staff will also monitor stop compliance after installation, as slowing vehicle speeds typically leads to improved compliance over time and asses if further intersection improvements are needed.
- Can speed cushions be avoided entirely?
- Speed cushions are intentionally designed so that standard passenger vehicles cannot avoid them. Each cushion is spaced to allow the wider axle of an emergency vehicle to straddle the device, but a typical car, SUV, or pickup truck does not have a wide enough wheelbase to do so.
This map shows the chosen locations of the devices. You can also view a larger PDF of this map.
Purple font will signify plan alterations
