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Department of Transportation recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 124-2022 adding and amending speed restrictions on Wilson Boulevard from forty miles per hour to thirty-five miles per hour.
FUNDING: Road Fund (100%).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Department of Transportation, Maintenance and Operations Division (Transportation) conducted a speed survey on Wilson Boulevard due to the County of El Dorado accepting a newly constructed segment of Wilson Boulevard into the County Maintained Mileage System.
Wilson Boulevard, segment 1 in the speed survey, currently displays a speed restriction between El Dorado Hills Boulevard and 400 feet south of Montridge Way of forty (40) miles per hour. The existing speed restriction is sanctioned by Resolution No. 234-2007. Field review and data indicate that the existing speed zone on Wilson Boulevard between El Dorado Hills Boulevard and 400 feet south of Montridge Way should remain unchanged. The reason centers on the fact that the newly measured values of the 85th percentile and the ten (10) mile per hour pace are still within the parameters of the existing speed limit. Therefore, the current postings should remain the same.
Wilson Boulevard, segment 2 in the speed survey, from 400 feet south of Montridge Way to Saratoga Way, is the segment that was newly constructed and accepted by the County of El Dorado. This segment is new with no collision history and provides zero access to County maintained roads and three (3) private roads. Field review and data indicate that the newly measured 85th percentile value was recorded at thirty-eight (38) miles per hour and justifies, in accordance with California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a radar enforced forty (40) mile per hour speed zone. However, due to turn movements, sight distance, and increased volume as subdivisions are constructed and pedestrians, a further reduction of five (5) miles per hour to thirty-five (35) mil...
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