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Friday, October 26, 2012
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Traffic in downtown Sidney is being studied by a consultant for the municipality. The town hopes it can improve on driver and pedestrian safety.
Sidney making a move on traffic Municipality hires consulting firm to recommend possible upgrades to vehicle flow, pedestrian safety Steven Heywood News staff
If you’ve noticed someone sitting at a downtown Sidney intersection, you’ve seen a part of the town’s ongoing traffic movement study. The Town of Sidney has contracted Urban Systems Ltd. to conduct the study, following a request for proposals process that began on August 1, 2012. Director of engineering and public works Rob Hall says the town does receive plenty of feedback from people on traffic in the downtown, especially
around intersections and four-way stops. “It is time to look at things in a general sense,” he said. “We want to avoid doing anything with traffic that would cause a domino effect.” Hall used the example of James White Boulevard, which has a few four-way stop intersections along its length, as well as intersections with stop signs only on the cross streets. That, he explained, was set up based on traffic pattern studies in the past. At the time, he said they showed fewer vehicles approaching from those
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This map shows the area involved in the traffic study. cross streets. It wouldn’t have made sense then to impede the main traffic flow up James White
Boulevard, he continued. Today, Hall said the town is seeing growth in the Peninsula and its
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resultant traffic changing the flow in Sidney’s downtown. In their request for proposals, the town noted it’s anticipating an increased population density in the downtown core with its accompanying traffic impact. The report states that Sidney wants to get out in front of those changes to ensure a business, resident and pedestrianfriendly environment. To that end, Urban Systems is monitoring intersections, counting pedestrians, reviewing existing reports and studies and more. PLEASE SEE: Growth will force, page 2
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