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Oshkosh consultants: Franklin expansion will add about 100 morning car trips; two stop-control changes recommended
Summary
Consultants presented a traffic impact analysis for Franklin Elementary and the adjacent Perry Tippler site, estimating roughly 100 new morning vehicle trips to Franklin, identifying two troubled intersections, and recommending targeted sign/control changes to be timed with construction and school opening.
Consultants hired to study the Franklin Elementary expansion and the proposed conversion of the nearby Perry Tippler building told the Oshkosh Transportation Committee that the projects will shift local traffic but do not require new signals.
"We looked at 15 intersections" during morning and afternoon peak periods, consultant Neil Stika said, and found most operated acceptably. He identified two existing trouble spots — Mason Street at West 9th and Rykow (recorded as Rykow/Raikau) at West 9th — where queues currently measure about 30–65 feet and delays around 50–55 seconds. "With the additional changes at the schools ... the delays will increase slightly," Stika said,…
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