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Dixon staff to install solar speed‑feedback signs and adhesive markers on Bridal Way after resident complaints
Summary
The Transportation Advisory Commission recommended moving forward with solar speed‑feedback signs and adhesive roadway markers for Bridal Way, with staff estimating about $6,000 in materials and a Sept. 3 council budget transfer to allow installation by the end of September if approved.
City engineer Chris Fong told the Transportation Advisory Commission that Bridal Way has become the focus of neighborhood safety complaints after a dog was struck in December, and residents have requested physical traffic‑calming measures.
"The request was from residents more like speed humps," Fong said. He told commissioners that council asked staff to evaluate lower‑cost alternatives, and staff identified two locations for solar speed‑feedback signs and multiple sites for adhesive raised markers (described in the packet as "box dots"). Fong said the solar signs would be mounted on existing streetlight poles to reduce cost and that delineators were not favored by council because of maintenance and driveway collision concerns.
Fong estimated the materials and installation could cost about $6,000 and said city crews could perform the work. He asked that TAC recommend the design to council so staff could request a budget transfer at the Sept. 3 council meeting: "We're planning to go to council on November right… the next meeting, which is September is it 3rd? September 3 for, the budget transfer so the work can be done." (transcript wording retained).
Although staff said the measured speeds fell short of the city traffic guideline that typically triggers engineering calming (staff cited a threshold of 30% of vehicles traveling 5 mph over the posted limit), Fong said strong neighborhood petition support and council interest prompted moving forward. "It was at, like, 29 miles per hour… but because of… almost 80% or more of the residents actually signed a petition… we felt like because it's close enough to the threshold that we need to do something," he said.
Commissioners discussed placement and potential noise from markers. Staff said final locations will be refined before presentation to council and that if residents report the measures are ineffective, staff would return to consider further traffic analysis.
The next procedural step is the council budget action; staff intends to present the item to council for a transfer so crews can install the measures later in September if council approves.
