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Non-Standard Street Design Recommendations – Area B/C July 13, 2009 Page 2 Due to the duplication of the nearby existing pedestrian accommodations along Silver Lake Road and the potential expensive impacts to properties to construct pedestrian/bicycle accommodations, the Committee recommends (6-0) that no pedestrian or bicycle accommodations be constructed along Knollwood Drive or Woodcrest Drive in Area B. Without accommodations on Knollwood, there is no need for accommodations on Woodcrest. Irondale Road: Non-Standard Street Width Impacts Irondale Road has existing pavement widths of 26 feet between County Road H and Woodcrest Drive and 32 feet between Woodcrest Drive and County Road H2. Both widths fall within the guidelines created by the SUIP standards and therefore, don’t require further consideration. However, potential impacts involving constructing approximately 95 feet of retaining wall and power pole relocations on the segment between County Road H and Woodcrest Drive warranted further investigation into the street width. The Committee recommends (6-0) that Irondale Road between County Roads H and H2 be constructed to the recommended standard width of 28 feet measured face-to-face of curb. Woodcrest Drive: Pedestrian/Bicycle Accommodations The portion of Woodcrest Drive in Area C (between Bona Road and Long Lake Road) is designated as a potential pedestrian/bicycle corridor in the City’s Comprehensive Sidewalk/Trailway Plan. The road is currently 30 feet wide and will be reconstructed to the City’s standard street width of 28 feet from face-to-face of curb. This segment of Woodcrest Drive is an east-west connection to Edgewood Middle School for students living west of the school. Pedestrian/bicycle accommodations in the north boulevard are preferable to the south boulevard since the accommodations will align better with an existing City-owned paved walkway easement connecting Bona Road to Edgewood Drive. A small piece of sidewalk would be required on the east side of Bona Road to connect to the paved easement walkway. Pedestrian/bicycle accommodations would complete a pathway route from sidewalks on the Edgewood Drive to the Long Lake Road. The Committee recommends (5-0) that a 6-1/2 foot, off-street, concrete sidewalk located immediately behind the back of curb on the north side of Woodcrest Drive between Long Lake Road and Bona Road and on the east side of Bona Road between Woodcrest Drive and the existing paved walkway easement between Bona Road and Edgewood Drive. Bona Road: Existing Surmountable Curb Bona Road is currently 32 feet wide (back-to-back of curb) with surmountable (rolled) concrete curb between County Road H and Woodcrest Drive. Due to the aged condition of the curb and impacts to the curb during construction, Bona Road is recommended to be reconstructed to the recommended standard width of 28 feet measured face-to-face of curb and built with the recommended standard concrete vertical curb and gutter type (B618).