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Commission declines all-way stop request at S. Harrah Road and SE 100th/4th Street
Summary
The commission denied a petition to install all-way stop control at the rural intersection of S. Harrah Road and SE 100th/4th Street after staff analysis showed it did not meet MUTCD criteria; the decision was discretionary and consistent with traffic volumes and sight conditions.
The Traffic and Transportation Commission disapproved a request to install an all-way stop at S. Harrah Road and SE 100th/4th Street on Feb. 17 after staff said the intersection did not meet stop-warrant criteria.
Commissioner Barnell moved to disapprove the all-way stop application; Commissioner Karnes seconded. The motion carried and the item was disapproved (vote recorded in the minutes as disapproved; specific tallies were not specified on the record).
Traffic Services Division staff reported an entering volume on Harrah Road of 6,476 vehicles per day with a 55 mph posted speed limit, and an entering volume of about 300 vehicles per day on SE 100th/4th Street (the public approach). Staff said two collisions occurred at the intersection between Jan. 2022 and Dec. 2024. When staff ran a warrant analysis using the applicable MUTCD criteria, the location did not meet the criteria for all-way stop control.
Staff noted there were no decision sight-distance limitations or other safety mitigation conditions that required a stop control at this location; however, the division recognized that all-way stops occur at rural section-line intersections in Oklahoma City and that use of an all-way stop here would not violate driver expectation. The commission chose to disapprove the petition at this time.
Commission discussion included a site observation by a commissioner for whom the intersection is in his ward; that commissioner said traffic was moving at speed but that vehicles were able to enter the mainline within 10–15 seconds during a mid-to-late-morning observation, and he supported disapproval.
The commission’s action was discretionary; staff will take no further action unless the applicant requests reconsideration or supplies new evidence.
