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Council keeps Fair Oaks bulb-outs, authorizes design amendment to smooth corners
Summary
After testimony from residents and a 6-1 PWIC recommendation, the council directed staff to preserve curb extensions at Hope, Mission, El Centro and Oxley while addressing ADA compliance and corner geometry, and authorized a design amendment to implement the changes.
The City Council voted Oct. 1 to retain the existing curb extensions (bulb-outs) at several Fair Oaks Avenue side-street intersections and to authorize a contract amendment for additional design work to modify corners and ensure ADA compliance.
City Engineer Michael Vartanian presented three design options for the intersections at Hope, Mission, El Centro and Oxley: (1) modify only curb ramps as needed for ADA and preserve existing bulb-outs, (2) remove some curb extensions to widen east-west lane widths and crosswalk distances (staff's current design), and (3) a hybrid that reconstructs bulb-outs with smoother…
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