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Residents press Carbondale trustees to reconsider roundabout acceleration lane, urge traffic calming on Hendrick Drive
Summary
Multiple residents told trustees they are concerned a changed acceleration-lane design at the Marketplace exit will encourage faster driving into the roundabout; bike-ped commission members and neighbors asked the town to press CDOT for calming measures and pursue local traffic-calming pilots on Hendrick Drive.
Several residents and a member of the town's bike-ped commission urged trustees to seek further review of a changed design for the Marketplace exit and asked the town to pursue traffic-calming measures in neighborhoods.
Matthew Warwick, a Soperus Avenue resident, said the planned acceleration lane at the Marketplace exit has been redesigned so the lane extends into the roundabout "so there's no merging," and warned that the change "seems to me like you're encouraging cars to go faster into the roundabout." Warwick asked whether Colorado Department of Transportation made the design change and requested the town reassess the plan or press CDOT to add features that slow vehicles and improve comfort for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Andy Zach, who identified himself as a member of the Bike Ped Commission, said the commission had not had a chance to review the revised design because it meets only once a month. Zach told trustees he generally agreed with Warwick and said widening highways is often at odds with the town's goals to make streets more comfortable for walkers and bikers.
Separately, Denise Moss, a long-term Hendrick Drive resident, described decades of speeding on her block and asked trustees to take action. Moss said she has observed drivers reaching 27 to 32 mph in the neighborhood and suggested pilot traffic-calming measures such as temporary cones and signage or adding bike lanes.
Trustees and staff said they would follow up. The mayor pro tem asked staff to coordinate with the Bike Ped Commission and follow up on potential measures and communications with CDOT and police.
