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Consultant recommends single‑lane roundabout and 'Alternative 3' for Hardin Parkway Safe Routes to School project
Summary
Kimley Horn presented design alternatives for the Hardin Parkway Path and Safe Routes to School project, saying a single‑lane roundabout at Hardin/McKinnon comes out preferred in their ICE benefit‑cost analysis and that Alternative 3 (multi‑use path in or adjacent to the median, with shoulders and stormwater treatment) best meets grant and stakeholder priorities; commissioners and residents raised concerns about school pickup congestion, truck turning radii and community education.
The Salinas commission received a detailed update on the Hardin Parkway Path and Safe Routes to School Project (ID 25511) from consultant Molly Tremblay of Kimley Horn. Tremblay said the city secured just over $8,000,000 in Active Transportation Program funds for design and construction and that the project is still in preliminary design, environmental clearance and public engagement phases.
Tremblay summarized an intersection control evaluation (ICE) for the Hardin & McKinnon intersection that compared stop control, signal and a single‑lane roundabout using monetized measures for delay, safety and capital/maintenance costs. "Regardless of which way we look at it, the roundabout comes out preferred," Tremblay said, explaining that the analysis factored both current and future traffic and that the roundabout showed…
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