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Sparks council hears safety-focused Prater Way "road diet" proposal and resident concerns
Summary
RTC presented a proposal to reconfigure Prater Way between Pyramid Way and Probasco Way to one travel lane each way with a center turn lane, buffered bike lanes on both sides and pedestrian improvements; staff said striping can reduce crashes by an estimated 34% but may add about 35 seconds to corridor travel time. Residents raised parking and access concerns and RTC plans a January community meeting.
RTC and city engineers presented a rehabilitation and lane-reconfiguration proposal for Prater Way that would convert the corridor to a striped road diet: one travel lane in each direction, a center turn lane and buffered bicycle lanes on both sides, plus pedestrian upgrades and a possible refuge island at Dilworth School. RTC project manager Kim Diegel told the council the work responds to a high-crash segment and poor pavement conditions and is part of the agency's pavement preservation program.
The presentation said the segment between Pyramid Way and Stanford Way needs full reconstruction while the eastern portion would receive slurry seal. Staff cited crash data from 2019'2023 showing more than 100 crashes in the segment, including 33 injury crashes and three fatalities. Diegel said the recommended…
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