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Resident warns of hazardous drop‑off at Rooster Valley day care; council asks staff to pursue signage and WSDOT coordination
Summary
A Snoqualmie resident urged traffic-calming and clearer school-zone signage near the Rooster Valley day care and the downtown corridor. Council members and administrators said police and public works will assess signage and that staff will contact WSDOT about speeds and the Highway 202 transition area.
During public comment at the Snoqualmie Public Safety Committee's Oct. 20 meeting, Jeff Warren, a Snoqualmie State Farm agent, urged the city to add school signs, marked crosswalks with lights and traffic-calming measures near what he called the Rooster Valley day care, where parents frequently park and children cross busy streets.
Warren said parking on both sides of the street at drop-off results in open car doors and children being led across multiple lanes. He also said some speed-limit signs on approaches to the downtown corridor are obscured by tree branches and described motorists entering town from the expressway "in race mode," contributing to dangerous conditions. He recommended four-way stops on certain intersections and better-defined crosswalks similar to other nearby towns.
Chair Rob Whatton thanked Warren and said he would ask the police chief and public works to work together on signage and crosswalks. City Administrator Chambliss said the state has been conducting a two-year review of state highways, including Highway 202 (Railroad Avenue), to determine whether segments should remain state-managed or transfer to local control; he said staff will contact the Washington State Department of Transportation about crosswalk painting and school-crossing signs.
Council member Kaupp noted the transition from 40 mph on Railroad Avenue to 25 mph through downtown creates dangerous transition zones on both sides of town and asked staff to pursue traffic-calming solutions. Council members also raised concerns about the fiscal and maintenance implications if the state were to transfer ownership of Highway 202, including potential paving and bridge costs.
The remarks were delivered during the public-comment period; the committee did not take formal action but directed staff to coordinate with police, public works and WSDOT to evaluate signage, paint crosswalks and explore appropriate traffic-calming options.
