Change Summary

On Apr 21, 2015 11:31 AM EDT John Cauble changed a meeting of Traffic Safety Committee as follows:

• Meeting agenda changed from

  There will be three site visits on April 30, 2015, starting at 3:00 PM at the following locations:  (*note approximate site visit times listed)
  
  1st visit at 3:00 PM – 31 Hallet Ln.  / No Parking Signs
  2nd visit at *3:20 PM - Main St. at Mill Pond Rd.  / No Off Street Parking Sign
  3rd visit at *3:40 PM – 52 Chatham Bars Ave. / No Bus Parking
  
  There will be a meeting of the Traffic Safety Committee on 
  Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 4:00 PM. The meeting will be held at the 
  Chatham DPW Building, 221 Crowell Road, in the main floor Meeting Room. 
  
  Meeting Agenda:
  
  -Request for No Parking Signs
  31 Hallet Lane
  Requested by Lisa B. Green, 31 Hallet Lane
  Related Site visit on 4/30/15
  
  -Request for No Parking Signs (No Bus Parking)
  Chatham Bars Ave. in area of Nameless Ln.
  Requested by Charles Baldwin, 52 Chatham Bars Av., Chatham
  Related Site Visit on 04/30/15
  
  -Request for “No Off Street Parking” Sign
  Main Street at Mill Pond Road
  Requested by Ray Foster & Judith Smith, 7 Mill Pond Road, Chatham
  Related Site visit on 04/30/15
  
  
  
  -Request to Eliminate Passing Zone
  Route 28 (between Uncle Albert’s Ln. and Pond View Av.)
  Requested by Peter Groul, 1233 Main St., Chatham
  Review draft letter to MassDOT on 4/30/15
  
  -Request for Discharge/Pick up area at Orpheum Theater Entrance
  637 Main Street
  Chatham Orpheum Theater/Kevin McLain
  
  -Request for Comment – Pedestrian Safety (crosswalks & signage)
  Main Street – downtown area
  Chatham Committee for the Disabled/John Poignand, Chairman
  
  -Request for Reduced Speed Limit Signs & Pedestrian Signs
  Shore Road (Barcliff Ave – Chatham Bars Ave)
  Requested by Chatham Police Department/Deputy Chief John Cauble
  
  -Request for Pavement Markings and permanent Speed Device 
  Old Comers Road at Old Queen Anne Road
  Requested by David Morrison, 121 Old Comers Road
  
  -Request for Comment/Review/Actions ( 9 items)
  Re: Rte 28 at it exists & proposed 25% Design
  Route 28 – West Chatham (Barn Hill Rd – George Ryder Rd)
  Requested by David C. Burns MD / West Chatham Association, Inc. 
  
  1.	To review traffic reports provided by Chatham Police Department. (This roadway is safer than many others intersections in Chatham), for safety and other reasons, more than 90% of businesses in this area oppose the elimination of the turning lane, as well as the proposed roundabouts. Current roadway has served the community for over 40 years
  2.	For safety reasons, we request consideration for real "life" testing by reducing 
  roadway to two (2) lanes in July, including setting up temporary roundabouts at both intersections (BH & GRRs). The testing should be done for a period of at least one week if not two (2) weeks. Mr. Tom Currier (MassDOT) did agree that this could be possible.
  3.	Review simulation study created for wcroadwaydesign.com at 1 hour and 55 
  seconds of the MassDOT 25% design study meeting. This shows a car from 
  the east making a turn (without a turning lane) into Post Office Square being hit broadside by a car from the west. Consider how unsafe the proposed design is. 
  4.	Stake proposed roadway and perimeter of roundabouts so that the area of impact can be seen and evaluate same for safety concerns. 
  5.	Review area of study. Were cars going to and from Hardings Beach or 
  trailered boats going to Oyster River boatyard and Town Landing included? Unless all vehicles are included, which we do not believe they were, how can safety be measured? 
  6.	Was area to the east and to the west of the roundabouts studied for impact on safety and on traffic? Ability of police and fire to get through the traffic backups entering the roundabouts along the entire Rte. 28 corridor to the 
  east and west. If not, this data is needed
  7.	Consider impact on safety of two 5 foot road shoulders for bike traffic that end in less than 1000 feet. (There is no bike shoulder east or west of the 
  neighborhood center. The 10 foot bike 'boulevard' ends at a roundabout) 
  8.	Consider Florida DOT Report, WPI# 0510824: bicyclists do not receive the same safety benefits from utilizing roundabouts; bicycle accident rates at roundabouts are 15 times those of cars. 
  9.	Consider the impact on safety on those vehicles entering or exiting 
  George Ryder Road South, as George Ryder Road So. would be only 
  50-60 feet from the entrance of the roundabout.
  
  
  -Request for Signage, Speed Bumps, Tour Bus control, crosswalk… ( 8 items)
  Requested by Winifred Lear / Old Village Association
  
  1.	Hallett Lane – One Way going west from Main to School Street and maintaining one side of the street parking
  
  2.	Clarify the detour signs for visitors to town
  
  3.	Create a three way stop at the intersection of Shore Rd. and East Main where there is now a confusing and dangerous two way stop
  
  4.	Have  police presence at the lighthouse overlook as well as Silverleaf and Main St. to direct traffic between the hours of 9am and 6pm from Memorial Day through Labor Day
  5.	Ban and / or control number and sizes of tour buses at the overlook or limit the hours
  
  6.	Establish a crosswalk between the Lighthouse sidewalk and overlook. Our suggestion is that the best location might be between northern part of the Lighthouse sidewalk in the area of the Monument and the most northern part of the parking lot next to the Fischer home.( this is the narrowest area and seemingly the safest for pedestrians)
  
  7.	Reduce speeding on School Street by installing temporary seasonal speed bumps
  
  8.	Place "no buses, no large trucks " sign at Main St. and Silverleaf Ave. These vehicles can not make the turns on Water Street and are forced to back up into the traffic across from the Beach Club  
  
  Adjourn

  to

  Cancelled - The April 30, 2015 site visits and meeting have been cancelled due to a lack of a quorum.  The meeting agenda and site visits will be carried forward to the next meeting on  May 28, 2015.

• Meeting Cancelled

So that the meeting notice now reads:

Information for Meeting of Traffic Safety Committee
Thursday Apr 30, 2015 4:00 PM EDT

Cancelled - The April 30, 2015 site visits and meeting have been cancelled due to a lack of a quorum.  The meeting agenda and site visits will be carried forward to the next meeting on  May 28, 2015.