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Committee recommends radar speed signs at Brady and Hull; flashing stop sign deferred
Summary
The Public Works Committee recommended installing permanent radar speed signs on Hull Street near the sale barn and decided not to install a separate solar flashing stop sign at this time pending review of crash data and the effect of the speed signs.
The City of Clovis Public Works Committee unanimously recommended installing permanent radar speed signs on Hull Street near the sale barn and deferred purchase of a separate solar flashing stop sign at the Brady and Hull intersection.
Clint Bunch, city staff member, told the committee he had been asked to examine recurring crashes at the T intersection of Brady and Hull. "The price for those radar speed radar speed signs are $18,725 for both of those on each side of the sale barn," Bunch said, and he noted the city has already purchased permanent radar speed signs for the site.
Bunch said a separate 48-inch solar flashing stop sign under consideration would cost about $2,913. "So whether or not we install that stop sign now that flashes or we wait and see if that helps," he said, was the question for the committee.
Committee members discussed crash history and traffic patterns. One member said the intersection had recorded only two accidents in the last five years (one potentially involving a run stop sign and others related to impaired driving), and another noted frequent changes in traffic patterns during nearby construction and on livestock-sale days that can increase congestion. Commissioner Zamora suggested lower-cost temporary barrier posts as an option, while others urged trying the permanent radar signs first and monitoring results.
A second to a motion to recommend installing the signs was recorded and the committee chair called for a voice vote. "Aye," members said; no members voiced opposition. Following the vote, Bunch clarified the committee's recommendation: "So what we're we're we're gonna install the flashing speed limit signs, not the flashing stop sign." The committee's recommendation instructs staff to proceed with installing the permanent radar speed signs on Hull Street as presented to the committee.
The committee did not adopt a separate action to purchase the flashing stop sign, and members said they would monitor crash and speed-trailer data before spending the additional $2,913.
