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City staff: left‑turn arrow at 15th approved; bike path, sewer repairs and signal upgrades planned
Summary
A resident asked the council about adding a left-turn signal at 15th Street; staff said the left-turn arrow has been designed and approved and should be installed soon. Staff also briefed council on Aden Boulevard bike-path work, a planned 21-inch sewer-line replacement and feasibility work on signal-synchronization technology for Highway 86.
During public comment Abby Turner of 1200 Rodeo Drive asked whether the city planned to install a left-turn arrow at 15th Street, citing frequent crashes and unsafe conditions near school drop-off times.
"Fifteenth Street is desperately needing a turn arrow because they have so many accidents and it's mayhem when the school kids are getting dropped off from school and getting picked up from school," Turner told the council.
Public-works staff responded that the left-turn arrow has already been designed and approved and that the city was waiting for some infrastructure work to finish before installation. A staff member said the project is "already in progress" and that the installation is expected in the next month.
Public Works Director David Dale and other staff also briefed the council on scheduled construction work. Staff said Aden Boulevard will have traffic control for a bike-path installation beginning the week noted in the meeting (announced as next Monday) and that the work could take up to three weeks but hoped to finish sooner. Mike Pacheco of IID's water department told the council crews plan to replace about 100 feet of a leaking Dahlia lateral pipeline during a February workweek.
Dale also discussed corridor and signal improvements along State Route 86. He said staff are exploring technology that would allow multiple signals on Highway 86 to communicate and adapt timing dynamically — a system that could count vehicles and differentiate vehicle types to help optimize flow. "We're looking at it as a very strong possibility," he said, and council members reacted positively to the concept, noting school‑time congestion at key intersections.
Separately, staff updated the council on a 21‑inch sewer main installation on Aden Boulevard and said electrical conflicts encountered by the contractor were being resolved with IID so the sewer work could proceed without delay.
The items discussed were informational; no council action was requested or taken on these projects at the meeting.
