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Residents press engineering review for Jolly Road traffic-calming and bike lanes
Summary
The board scheduled an engineer presentation on Jolly Road for September; speakers raised concerns about lane selection, striping, sharrows comprehension and pedestrian crossings and asked staff to get clarifications from the engineer on restriping and crosswalk connections.
Advisory members and residents discussed the Jolly Road pilot plan and asked the engineer to clarify lane choices, striping and whether bike lanes or shared-lane markings (sharrows) would be restriped. One resident said parts of the route vary from four feet of shoulder to none and asked whether standard bike-lane widths could be achieved.
Board members also raised safety concerns at crossings where speeds can reach 40 mph and suggested the engineer examine creating a sidewalk connection to improve pedestrian access to Whitpane and the nearby light. The group agreed to invite the engineer to the September meeting so planners can answer re-striping and traffic-calming questions. "I would assume this is within some sort of guideline... because we truly want to be within that framework," a participant said, adding that a formal engineer presentation would be helpful.
