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Goodwood Property Owners’ Association Change to Neighborhood Streets Request 10-28-2014 Committee Members • • • • • • • • Laurence Lambert, P.E., PTOE (chair) Betsey Tramonte Ben Laurie, P.E. Mike Cullen, P.E. Paul Higgins Fritz Embaugh Dennis Vidrine, GPOA President Haley Blakeman, RLA (ex-officio) Goals • • • • Maintain quality of life Enhance safety Increase pedestrian / bike use Adhere to City / Parish standards Strategies • Look at the GPOA boundary in traffic districts • Have balanced representation on the committee • Use the Traffic Engineering Department as a resource for feasibility • Use FutureBR as a reference for recommendations GPOA Traffic Districts District 1 District 3 District 2 Toolbox • Partial street closures • Convert two-way streets to one-way with bike lanes / shoulders • Speed humps • STOP signs Partial Street Closure Partial Street Closure Speed Hump One-Way Signage One-way bike lane / shoulder District 1 Solutions • • • Limit access from Florida Avenue to Government Street at heaviest cut-through streets (Cloud, S. Carrollton and Kenwood) Employ the use of partial closures at intersections with Florida to maintain two-way residential access while restricting through traffic Install STOP signs and speed hump at key locations District 1 Solutions Proposed All-Way STOP Sign Existing Speed Humps Existing One Way Proposed Partial Closure Proposed Speed Humps District 2 Solutions • • STOP signs • LaSalle Avenue at LaSalle Parc Drive / Carter Avenue • LaSalle Avenue and Cyril Avenue Speed humps • Carter Avenue • Shawn Drive • Normandy Drive • Cyril Avenue District 2 Solutions Speed Hump Proposed STOP Sign Existing STOP Sign District 3 Solutions • Thibodeaux Avenue and Finchley Avenue: oneway streets towards Jefferson Highway. • Partial one way couplet with Keed Avenue and Audubon Avenue. • Maintain two-way from Annabelle Avenue to Jefferson Highway to maintain access to businesses. • Maintain two-way from Goodwood Blvd to Government Street to maintain access to residences on the end of the street. District 3 Solutions Proposed Sidewalk Proposed One Way Existing Two-Way Overall Plan Path to Implementation • • • • • • Committee Board City Review Membership / Neighborhood Temporary Installation (test period) Permanent Installation (if approved) Survey Results • Over 1,700 open house invitations mailed to every resident within GPOA boundaries (this included members and non-members) • Hundreds of people attended open house on 02/16/14 • GPOA Membership Meeting attended by hundreds of people on 03/18/14 • Results about the plan from both meetings • 86% Positive • 6% Neutral • 8% Negative Schedule • • • • • • Open House: February 16 Traffic Committee Meeting: February 20 General Membership: March 18 Temporary Installation: November 04 Evaluation Period End: January 30 (3 Months) Permanent installation (if approved): Spring 2015