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Seward council keeps four-way stop at Second and Hillcrest, removes temporary stops elsewhere
Summary
The Seward City Council adopted Resolution No. 2025-1 to retain a four-way stop at Second Street and Hillcrest Drive and remove stop signs installed during recent construction at other intersections; the vote was unanimous.
The Seward City Council voted unanimously to adopt Resolution No. 2025-1 to retain the four-way stop at Second Street and Hillcrest Drive and to remove several stop signs that had been installed temporarily during recent highway-bypass work.
Council members said the Hillcrest intersection sees significant morning traffic from school drop-offs, buses and pedestrian activity, making it the primary location the council wanted preserved as a four-way stop. Administration advised the council it had received several emails from residents asking that the Hillcrest stop remain permanent and that the city would consider amending the resolution to add or remove intersections named on the agenda.
Councilmember Kaylor raised the Hillcrest intersection specifically; Chief Peters and city staff participated in the discussion, and staff said they had no specific crash history tied to the new signs since installation but would continue monitoring intersections. Mike (city staff) described the traffic patterns and said the Hillcrest area had heavy pedestrian and school-related traffic compared with other intersections under review.
Traffic committee comments raised concerns about unmarked intersections and driver unfamiliarity with yielding rules, and the committee recommended keeping the Hillcrest four-way stop while removing the temporary signs at Seward and Moffett where appropriate. Engineer and traffic committee remarks urged removing the extra stops at Seward and Moffett to restore pre-construction traffic flow; one councilmember said the brick surface on Seward already slows traffic.
The mayor introduced Resolution No. 2025-1. A motion to adopt carried on a roll-call vote of 8-0 (Kaylor; Colterman; Streisand; Tanias; Singleton; Oregon; Miller; Francescato). No amendments to the resolution were recorded during the meeting.
The council also directed staff that, if future problems arise at any intersection, the chief or administration would bring the matter back to the council for reconsideration.
