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

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♦ Signs, Signals, Markings: This project adds several signs notifying motorists of the street closure, and warnings including a No Outlet sign added below the street name sign at Country Club and Southwood, and regulatory signing including End and Object marking signs back to back at the barricade on Fairway Loop. ♦ Intersection Controls: This project will make no changes to existing controls. ♦ Roadway Lighting: This project proposes no changes in roadway lighting. ♦ Access Control: No direct driveway or approach changes are a part of this action, however all access to points north of the closure from Southwood is eliminated. The driveway into the Elmwood Townhouses is unaffected. (b) Standards, limitations, and rules promulgated by the Oregon Transportation Commission or the Oregon Public Utility Commission or their successors. ♦ No applicable standards, limitations, or rules apply. (c) Other recognized traffic control standards. ♦ Signing and markings comply with Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices standards. (d) The city's adopted transportation-related plans and policies. The Eugene Local Street Plan, August of 1996, contains planning principles that define and describe local streets These include: ♦ Principle 4 on page 5 states that "Local streets should be interconnected to reduce travel distance, promote the use of alternative modes, provide for efficient provision of utilities and emergency services, and provide for more even dispersal of traffic." While on the surface this appears to be contradictory to the actions in this order, the street being disconnected from the neighborhood has not been utilized for normal neighborhood circulation due to the large volume of cut-through traffic. These volumes and the length of the trip by most motorists are more characteristic of a Collector type street than a local. The lack of smooth surfaces and sidewalks also limits alternative mode usage.