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Farmers Branch approves $334,865 contract for citywide intersection and pedestrian safety analysis
Summary
City Council authorized the city manager to execute a professional-services agreement with Cobb, Findlay & Associates for a citywide intersection and pedestrian analysis totaling $334,865; study will evaluate 23 intersections and mid-block crossings for safety improvements and inform a five-year CIP.
The Farmers Branch City Council on Oct. 21 approved Resolution R2025-1185 (filed in the meeting as R2025-one185), authorizing the city manager to execute a professional services agreement with Cobb, Findlay & Associates Incorporated for a citywide intersection and pedestrian analysis at a contract value of $334,865.
Ray Solvares, director of public works, told council the study responds to priorities identified during council strategic sessions and will examine 23 signalized intersections and mid-block crossings with known pedestrian safety concerns. Solvares said the project will evaluate traffic movement, pedestrian crossings, traffic counts and intersection geometry and will include intersections with signalization, rapid-flashing beacons and other crossing controls.
Solvares highlighted Valley View as an area with significant pedestrian crossing demand between parking areas and destinations on opposite sides of the street and cited prior police reports about child-pedestrian crashes in the Valley View/Rawhide area this summer. He said staff involved police to help identify hotspots.
The consultant is expected to produce a prioritization and recommended CIP projects over a five-year horizon. Solvares estimated a 4–6 month study timeline for the consultant to deliver findings; staff said any immediate danger zones identified would be considered for accelerated implementation.
The council motion to authorize the agreement passed unanimously.
