Timnath approves $149,172 contract for Old Town transportation plan

The Timnath Town Council on Sept. 9 approved a work order with Wilson Company, Inc. to prepare an Old Town Transportation Plan, awarding the contract for $149,172. The resolution (Resolution 58, Series 2025) passed unanimously, 4-0.

Staff said the plan will collect traffic data in the Old Town area (Main Street, Second and Fourth Avenue) now that Timnath Parkway is open, run public outreach with businesses, residents and Timnath Elementary, and produce implementation recommendations ranging from near-term signing and striping to longer-term intersection designs. "The Old Town transportation plan will look at analysis, outreach, concepts, and implementation in the Old Town area," said Koi Vumini, who presented the project to council.

Vumini told council the team will collect current data now that school is in session, develop thresholds or "triggers" tied to traffic volumes (for example, a certain vehicle count that would indicate a specific intersection treatment), and produce early-action items that town staff can implement this year. She said some minor signing and striping actions are expected later this year and the overall project is scheduled to be completed in early 2026.

Council members pressed staff about how the plan would account for potential future projects, specifically whether the study budget covers a traffic impact study tied to a proposed recreation center. Vumini said the $149,172 contract does not include a separate traffic impact study for the recreation center, but the plan will account for future land use and incorporate triggers for intersections so that, if a separate traffic impact study is later required because a specific project is approved, that study’s data can be layered into the plan. "If further traffic study would be needed pending the actual rec center or not … that data would get incorporated with this long‑term plan," she said.

Council also asked about the data collection schedule; Vumini said traffic evaluation will begin immediately and some counts will be collected over roughly three weeks, with the overall plan work wrapping up by February. The council voted 4-0 to approve the resolution and award the work order to Wilson Company, Inc.; Councilmember Lisa Lake was absent by prior notice.

The project is funded in the town’s 2025 capital improvement program. Staff said the work order is intended to produce a data-driven framework to guide future capital investments in Old Town and to reduce ad-hoc decisions as traffic patterns evolve with additional development and the opening of Timnath Parkway.

What’s next: staff and the consultant will begin outreach and data collection, then return to council with draft recommendations and any higher‑cost capital projects that must be programmed into future CIP cycles.