Admin Order 58-21-15 -- Modifying Traffic Diverter (Fairway Loop)

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Criteria for Administrative Action The administrative action of the Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene, Oregon, closing Fairway Loop to through traffic approximately 300 feet south of the centerline of Eastwood Lane is based on consideration of criteria (a) - (n) at EC 5.055. Consideration of those criteria follows: (a) Traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations (1) Traffic engineering principles were considered in the following areas: ► Roadway Capacity; ► Intersection Capacity; ► Safety; ► Signs, Signals, Markings; ► Intersection Control; ► Roadway Lighting; ► Access Control; and ► Speed Zoning. ♦ Roadway Capacity is diminished by all closures. However, this particular segment of roadway has not been utilized for two-way normal neighborhood circulation for many years. The unimproved asphalt surface has received minimal maintenance by the City and has served as a short-cut to the Oakway and Cal Young areas much more than the nearby residents. ♦ Intersection capacity: The closure will have minor positive effects on the capacity of the intersection of Country Club and Southwood by removing most southbound to eastbound left tum movements and converting them to southbound through movements. The new signal design at this intersection provides a new right tum lane and creates a through/left option for motorists in the left tum only lane. Likewise, the intersection of Coburg/Oakway/Southwood/1-105 will carry additional northbound movements, but again the signal re-design has eliminated the southbound Oakway to northbound Coburg movement. ♦ Safety: All potential safety impacts, both positive and negative, are minor. The pattern of reported crashes at the intersection of Country Club and Southwood are unremarkable and typify signalized, cross type intersections. Closing a street can have negative safety impacts, including: 1) an increase in emergency vehicle response time; 2) the barricade could be hit by a motorist; and 3) the increased traffic at other intersections could increase the probability of accidents at those intersections if capacity is significantly affected. In the case of the Fairway Loop closure, the anticipated effects on safety are slight, as 1) the closure was reviewed and approved by the Fire Marshall; and 2) the barricade and all associated signing and marking, is in compliance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Device (MUTCD) standards. 3) the construction of Cedarwood provides a signalized left tum across Coburg Rd. which is safer for motorists than the left tum from Eastwood or Westwood to northbound Oakway.