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Council approves stop signs at Alpine Estates/Caroway Drive despite traffic engineer's earlier recommendation
Summary
After resident complaints about speeding and failing to stop when turning, the council approved an ordinance adding stop controls at the Alpine Estates and Caroway Drive intersection. The city traffic engineer had evaluated the location in 2021 and recommended against all-way stops, but councilors pushed forward and asked for an updated 2026 letter for the full council record.
Councilman Ritz introduced an ordinance (4-2601) to add stop control at the intersection of Alpine Estates Drive and Caroway Drive following constituent complaints that drivers were speeding and not slowing when turning onto the main road. Ritz read an emailed statement from a resident describing repeated near-misses and urged safer controls at the intersection.
Council discussion noted broad neighborhood support in communications to councilors, but also flagged that the city traffic engineer previously reviewed the intersection (February 2021) and determined federal criteria for multi-way stop control were not met. The engineer’s office also noted a prior corner-visibility ordinance violation that has since been resolved. Several councilors requested an updated traffic-engineer letter from 2026 to include in the full council record; the solicitor confirmed that while the city may consider the engineer’s input, the council can still act once the 60-day comment window has elapsed.
Council members expressed differing views on deferring to the traffic engineer, but a majority supported the ordinance on public-safety grounds and to honor residents’ concerns. The committee moved the ordinance to full council; after a roll-call, the motion passed.
The committee asked staff to seek an updated 2026 assessment from the traffic engineer for the council packet, and several councilors asked the traffic engineer to coordinate with the police department on future reviews of neighborhood traffic control requests.
