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Prescott Public Works reviews 2024 traffic-calming, bike and intersection projects
Summary
City transportation staff summarized a series of 2024 completed projects — traffic calming, bike-lane extensions, speed‑limit changes, roundabout beacons and striping work — and answered council questions about implementation and next steps.
Ian Mattingly, transportation manager for Prescott Public Works, told the City Council on Jan. 28 that staff completed a range of transportation projects in 2024 aimed at slowing vehicle speeds, improving bicycle connectivity and increasing intersection and pedestrian safety.
Mattingly said completed traffic‑calming measures included visual roadway narrowing, designated parking areas, mid‑block crossings and new speed humps on streets such as Rosser Street, Robin Drive and Garden Street. He said the Rosser Street work extended bike facilities “about a half a mile to a mile” and filled a gap so bike lanes now run continuously toward the Meadows subdivision.
The presentation described completed traffic‑control work — new multi‑way stops at locations including North Mount Vernon and Moller, Clearwater Drive at Robin and an internal intersection in the medical center — and intersection safety treatments such as LED roundabout lighting at Prescott Lakes Parkway and the Justice Center and a trial flashing left arrow/yield indicator at 89 at Rosser. Mattingly said the roundabout beacons “help identify the roundabout as you come into it” and have reduced some crashes.
Mattingly also reviewed pavement‑rehab striping work and bike‑facility improvements implemented when resurfacing allowed restriping on corridors including Willow Creek Road and Rosser Street. He said the city extended bike lanes and improved skip‑hashing near the YRMC emergency pullout. Mattingly described periodic speed‑limit reviews and noted changes completed after a citywide traffic study, including adjustments on Williamson Valley Road and Haciampa Village Lane.
Council members asked about timing for annual striping and about pedestrian and bike crash data. Mattingly said the spring striping season typically begins in late February or early March when temperatures and pavement conditions permit, and that staff compiles an annual collision summary for the Pedestrian Bicycle Traffic Advisory Committee in March. He said the committee and staff were still finalizing the 2024 collision analysis and could not yet provide year‑end numbers.
Council members also raised localized visibility issues (a 25 mph sign obscured by vegetation on Williamson Valley Road) and asked that staff trim or otherwise address signage visibility. Mattingly said staff would follow up. Councilmember Furworth and Councilmember Roosing noted resident feedback on Rosser Street’s lane transitions and how the design alternates bike facilities and parking to keep driveways adjacent to parking; Mattingly said the design intentionally places parking in front of homes when right‑of‑way width precludes bike lanes on both sides.
Mattingly said staff is pursuing on‑street storage solutions and closer staging for deployable bollards used for event security, and highlighted continuing projects (South Pleasant, North Pleasant and other corridor work) that will be shown in future updates.
Mattingly and council members framed the projects as incremental safety and multimodal improvements rather than large new capital expansions. He said the city will continue to coordinate with partner agencies when projects cross jurisdictional boundaries.
