Brentwood committee endorses sign swaps, crosswalk upgrades and extended no-parking on Litzinger corridor

Public Works told Brentwood’s Public Safety Committee on July 23 that traffic-calming measures on Litzinger and nearby streets reduced speeds and the committee agreed to several near-term actions to improve visibility and pedestrian safety.

Dan (Public Works employee): "The 80 fifth percentile speed, the fiftieth percentile speed, the average speed, the maximum speed, all of those have decreased since we put the speed cushions up…vehicles that are traveling at 30 plus miles per hour, before the cushions were up, you had, like, 13.2% of the total volume of vehicles. And then after the cushions were installed…it's roughly 3.4%."

Public Works provided before-and-after data at 8654 Roselie showing the speed cushions reduced the proportion of vehicles exceeding 30 mph from approximately 13.2% to about 3.4%. Dan noted the “before” sample covered about 14 days while the “after” sample ran about nine days and that daily traffic counts were also reduced by roughly 100 cars, likely because school was not in session.

Committee members approved several staff recommendations: swap 24-by-24-inch stop signs to 30-by-30-inch signs at select school-area intersections (including Litzinger at Annalee), install a new LED flashing stop sign at High School Drive and Renwood, add ladder-style crosswalk striping near schools along Litzinger and paint refreshed “SCHOOL” stencils, and include Bremerton/Litzinger crosswalk refresh in the July–August painting rotation.

The committee also directed staff to extend the 150-foot no-parking zone along Pine Avenue from the Brentwood Boulevard intersection toward the driveway near the veterinary emergency clinic; staff said the north side already conforms to municipal code Table 3A and that sign installation and locates will proceed.

Why it matters: the changes target school-area pedestrian safety and neighborhood congestion; staff emphasized the county controls some traffic signals (including the Brentwood Boulevard intersections) and must be engaged for signal replacements or new dedicated turn arrows.

Ending: Public Works will order or swap signs from existing stock where possible, apply ladder striping and refresh markings before mid-August, and install the extended no-parking signs after utility locates; the committee did not require a formal board vote for these operational actions.