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Commission authorizes relocation of Harding Pike signal; developer to fund design and construction
Summary
The commission approved relocating a traffic signal from Harding Pike and Kenner Avenue to a new intersection at Ridgefield Way (Harding Town Center) as redevelopment proceeds; NDOT and staff said the developer will fund design and construction under negotiated conditions tied to a 2005 Urban Design Overlay (UDO).
The Traffic & Parking Commission on Jan. 13 authorized NDOT’s request to relocate an existing traffic signal from Harding Pike and Kenner Avenue to a newly constructed intersection at Ridgefield Way (part of the Harding Town Center redevelopment). NDOT staff and the applicant said the relocation was recommended in an earlier transportation study and the city’s 2005 Urban Design Overlay (UDO) and was reaffirmed in recent traffic analysis.
Devin Doyle, assistant chief engineer with NDOT’s development services and right-of-way permitting office, said increasing separation between the Kenner signal and the congested Woodmont/White Bridge intersection will improve corridor operations. He said NDOT supports the relocation and listed conditions for construction.
Attorney Doug Sloan, representing HGL Realty (the development team), said the UDO and later studies anticipated the signal move and that the development team negotiated conditions requiring the applicant to pay all design, engineering and construction costs for the relocated signal and related intersection work. Doyle and commissioners clarified that NDOT received the application and the applicant in the packet refers to the private developer who applied for the NDOT permit; NDOT itself is not the applicant.
Commissioners asked whether the commission could attach conditions requiring a developer to pay for improvements; legal staff and NDOT representatives said the conditions rest on prior UDO commitments and negotiated agreements between the developer and city. The approved conditions include constructing a raised median at the former signal location to convert that intersection to right-in/right-out movements.
The motion to authorize the relocation passed by voice vote. NDOT staff said the developer will bear the costs for design and construction for both the relocated signal and associated intersection modifications, and NDOT will require those commitments before permit issuance.
