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Golden Gate plan advances with traffic-calming, gateways and multimodal options
Summary
A consultant presented detailed designs and options for traffic calming, sidewalks, parking and multimodal connections in Golden Gate, highlighting trade-offs on Indian Street, roundabouts and shade-tree placements; the CRA plans further community engagement and cost estimates.
Wen Dang, the transportation engineer for DDEC, gave the Martin County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) a detailed update on the Golden Gate Neighborhood Improvements project on Sept. 22, outlining traffic-calming strategies, typical street sections and gateway concepts intended to slow traffic, add shade and improve pedestrian and bicycle connections.
The presentation matters because many planned changes — raised crosswalks, mini roundabouts, parking reconfigurations and a possible multiuse trail in the roadway median — would alter street geometry, parking and landscaping across multiple Golden Gate blocks and affect travel and access for residents and businesses.
Dang said the project team is testing a mix of measures rather than a single fix. “A stop sign is not traffic calming,” she said, explaining the team favors vertical deflections (raised crosswalks), series-spacing of devices and gateway elements that reduce speeds by design. She pointed to the El Camino Trail plan, where raised crosswalks are proposed at…
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