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Prepared by: Bolton & Menk, Inc. PROJECT PURPOSE AND NEED Labore Road Corridor Study ǀ 0N1.130034 Page 3 Perceived Speeding For many years and through the duration of the public engagement for this corridor study, staff heard from community members that vehicles travel too fast along Labore Road. Given that the roadway is lined with residential properties with direct access to the roadway, coupled with the lack of pedestrian facilities, vehicle speeds are felt much more intimately than on other city collector roadways. To help document this perception, a speed counter was deployed from August 14 through August 18, 2023, to document speeds. The speed counter results included: 1. Mean Travel Speed = 34 MPH 2. Max Speed = 62 MPH 3. 85th Percentile Speed = 38 MPH Based on both the public input and the results of the speed counter, it is understandable that homeowners, pedestrians, and drivers feel that vehicle speeds are an issue along Labore Road. The speed counter results indicate that most drivers are driving over the posted speed limit of 30 MPH with many vehicles driving much higher than the posted speed limit. While the speed counter results aren’t abnormal for a collector roadway with a 30 MPH posted speed limit, the speeds are tolerated much less by the public due to the residential nature of the roadway. Possible improvements to reduce vehicle speeds are detailed later in this Report. Vehicle Safety Through the community engagement process it became apparent that even some motorists felt unsafe using Labore Road. The majority of vehicle safety concerns were centered around the Labore Road and Arcade Street intersection. The intersection is a two-way stop-controlled intersection with Labore Road having the right-of-way. The intersection is skewed and includes a significant grade change on the south leg of the intersection. Due to the geometric and physical constraints of this intersection, a crash history exists and is documented. An intersection study was performed in 2021 and at that time the recommendation was to monitor the intersection conditions following significant vegetation and sight line clearing project that had just been performed. A subsequent intersection study was performed in 2023 with this corridor study and is included in Appendix C for reference. Notably, there have been 16 documented right- angle crashes in the last 10 years. Additionally, there have been 22 documented accidents within the corridor study area within the last 5 years.