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Thousand Oaks staff outline how intersections qualify for new traffic signals; one intersection prioritized for construction
Summary
Engineering staff explained California signal warrants, a points-based priority list and timelines for constructing new signals; Avenida De Los Arbulas/Avenida De Los Plantas tops the priority list and is included in the adopted capital budget.
Engineering staff told the Traffic and Transportation Advisory Commission on June 25 that intersection signal installations in Thousand Oaks follow the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CAMUTCD) warrants, and the city uses a points system to prioritize locations for new traffic signals.
Bradley Ackert, engineering associate, said the city maintains 136 traffic signals. He told commissioners that a new signal typically requires about $50,000 for design and roughly $500,000 for construction, and that annual maintenance averages about $3,000 per signal.
Ackert explained the city focuses on CAMUTCD’s Warrant 1, an eight-hour vehicle-volume measure split into…
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