ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Public Works Director with a Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE to RESCIND ORDINANCE No. 10,888 which Amended Schedule "N" of Chapter 28 of the CODE of the City of Peoria, by Designating the Block of NEVADA STREET between Oregon Street and SW Adams Street a ONE-WAY STREET in TRAFFIC SCHEDULE "N". (DISTRICT 1)
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BACKGROUND: The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is undertaking a traffic signal improvement and modernization project along SW Adams Street. The purpose of the project is to replace aging or obsolete traffic signal equipment. During the research and design portion of the project, IDOT identified the signal at the intersection of Adams and Nevada/Ligonier Streets as severely deteriorated and damaged. Further evaluation during the design of this project led IDOT to recommend the removal of this signal because of crash/injury history at the intersection and low volume on Nevada Street. Staff concurs with the IDOT recommendation of removing the traffic signal to prevent future crashes at this location, decrease delay on SW Adams, and to save energy and maintenance cost.
Currently, the traffic at the intersection of Adams, Nevada, and Ligonier runs as follows: Adams runs northeast and southwest, Nevada runs one-way east, and Ligonier runs one-way north. To facilitate the removal of the traffic signal and provide better access to the neighborhood it is proposed to change Nevada Street between Oregon Street and SW Adams Street from one-way eastbound to two-way traffic operation. The change to two-way traffic on Nevada Street requires rescinding Ordinance #10888, as per this request.
Because of the current crash history of left turns at this intersection and the removal of the traffic signal, left turns would be restricted from Nevada Street to SW Adams Street, which will serve to improve safety at the intersection. Left turns from this neighborhood to SW Adams Street can be ...
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