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Livingston council approves interim stop signs at Hammett and Campbell
Summary
The council approved staff's interim traffic-calming recommendation to install solar-lit and conventional stop signs at the Hammett/Campbell intersection after engineers cited accident history and precedent; full traffic-signal work remains a separate, fully funded Measure B project.
Livingston City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution directing Public Works to install interim stop signs at the Hammett Avenue and Campbell Street intersection, citing accident history and precedents on Main Street.
City engineer Mario Gouve presented a technical memo recommending the interim measures after staff expedited the request. "Our office prepared the technical memo that's in your packet evaluating the feasibility of installing stop signs on Campbell at the Hammitt," Gouve said, and noted staff relied on accident records and MUTCD criteria because speed and traffic counts were not available for the expedited review.
Council members pressed staff on timing and cost. Engineers told the council that construction work would wait until the current storms pass but early foundation work is possible; staff confirmed the city already has two 36-inch solar-lit stop signs and two 36-inch conventional signs in stock. For the longer-term intersection improvement, engineers said the full signalized project was identified in 2019 and has approximately $2.5 million in estimated cost, while standalone traffic signals are roughly $700,000. Noe Martinez, with the city engineering office, explained development projects are assigned a "fair share" of improvements at entitlement and that those shares are fixed at the time of entitlement even if construction costs later rise.
A caller, Pamela Tamez, raised separate corridor-level speed concerns around the RexPlex and D Street, which the council asked staff and the city manager to follow up on outside the specific intersection item.
Mayor Pro Tem moved to approve the resolution and direct Public Works to install the stop signs; the council approved the motion in a recorded vote.
