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Council approves Kimley‑Horn traffic study at two Walnut Street intersections, budgets $14,000
Summary
Freeport authorized Kimley‑Horn to perform two multi‑way stop control analyses at Walnut & 7th and Walnut & 8th (including 16‑hour turning counts and TMUCD evaluation) and approved a combined budget amendment of $14,000 to fund the work.
Dr. Kelly asked council to authorize Kimley‑Horn to perform multi‑way stop-control analyses at Walnut Street & 7th Street and Walnut Street & 8th Street, including 16‑hour weekday turning-movement counts, evaluation under the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (TMUCD), a technical memorandum, and one round of city review. The requested combined fee for the two analyses was stated as $14,000.
Councilman Pena said the study follows resident petitions and his own observations of speeding at those intersections and asked for data-driven evaluation. "It made the same sense that we just did with Fort Street," Pena said, urging an engineering study rather than ad hoc action.
Council moved, seconded and approved the Kimley‑Horn contract authorization and the budget amendment.
Why it matters: The analyses will provide defensible engineering data to determine whether multi‑way stop control is warranted at two residential intersections, balancing resident safety concerns and state traffic-control standards.
