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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT For Council Meeting of --July 16, 1991 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: John C. Hutton, Director of Public Work S ��Wt SUBJECT: Report, Findings and Recommendation for Colton Date: July 12, 1991 Ave. and "C" St. and Colton Ave. and Fairview St. BACKGROUND: The City's Traffic Committee received a request to review the possible need to install four way and three way controlled intersections for Colton Ave. and "C" St. and Colton Ave. and Fairview St. respectively. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: As Council is aware, the State of California requires the meeting of certain criteria called warrants for the installation of four way stops or signalized inter- sections. These warrants require meeting the following: certain number of vehicles entering the intersections; pedestrians crossing the intersections; number of accidents; and delay of traffic on side streets due to high volume on a main street. ALTERNATIVES: The following are the alternatives available to Council: 1. Installation of a four way stop can be warranted if volumes on the main street are high. This usually causes major traffic backup and delays during peak hours. 2. Installation of a traffic signal which allows continued flow on the main street until a side street vehicle or pedestrian traffic necessitates crossing of the intersection. 3. Additional controls at the intersection, such as tunnel lighting and increased visual warning devices as an alternative to 1 or 2. A four way stop is much less expensive to install does create long term costs as can be noted by the newly required Congestion Management Plan mandated by the State. Though it can be used as an interim measure prior to installing a signalized inter- section. A signalized intersection will cost between $80,000 and $100,000. Attachments: 6 Page 1 of Item No.