City of Albuquerque - File #: R-16-50

• File #: R-16-50
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 5/2/2016
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 10/17/2016
• Enactment date: 10/27/2016
• Enactment #: r-2016-088
• Title: Amending Policy Established In F/S R-88-404, Requiring A Traffic Signal Location Engineering Study And The Installation Of Traffic Signals On Coal And Lead Avenues At Walter Street (Benton)
• Sponsors: Isaac Benton

Date	Action By	Action	Result
10/27/2016	City Clerk	Published
10/27/2016	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
10/21/2016	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
10/17/2016	City Council	Passed	Pass
9/19/2016	City Council	Postponed as Amended	Pass
9/19/2016	City Council	Amended	Pass
9/7/2016	City Council	Postponed	Pass
8/1/2016	City Council	Postponed	Pass
6/20/2016	City Council	Accepted Without Recommendation
6/15/2016	Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee	Sent to Council Without Recommendation	Pass
5/2/2016	City Council	Introduced and Referred
5/2/2016	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY-SECOND COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. R-16-50 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton


RESOLUTION
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Amending Policy Established In F/S R-88-404, Requiring A Traffic Signal Location Engineering Study And The Installation Of Traffic Signals On Coal And Lead Avenues At Walter Street (Benton)
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AMENDING POLICY ESTABLISHED IN F/S R-88-404, REQUIRING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL LOCATION ENGINEERING STUDY AND THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON COAL AND LEAD AVENUES AT WALTER STREET.
WHEREAS, Coal and Lead Avenues between Broadway Boulevard and Locust Street, identified as Community Principal Arterials on the 2040 Long Range Transportation System Guidelines, bisect residential neighborhoods, and combined transport an average of 19,000 vehicles per day; and
WHEREAS, the roadway geometry for these segments of Coal and Lead facilitates speeding with a straight horizontal alignment of 2100 feet, and a vertical slope of 70 feet, resulting in regular travel, nine miles per hour on average in excess of the posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour, as measured by a traffic study in August of 2016, and creating a hazard for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians and a noise nuisance in the adjoining residential neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, The New Mexico Department of Transportation August 2015 Report for Annual Crash Data placed these segments of Coal and Lead within a high crash density zone for all motor vehicle crashes, including alcohol involved and pedestrian involved crashes; and
WHEREAS, the City through the 2011 Coal and Lead project traffic calming and beautification project initiated steps to prevent the speeding, including reducing the number of lanes, and in 2013 through a City Council Set A Side Project installing bump outs and enforcement of traffic laws. In 2016 using Council set a side the traffic lanes were narrowed and a buffer installed between the outside lane and the b...