Report Neighborhood Roadway Safety Concern

Description

Being the widest street in the Bellevue neighborhood people often use Fauquier to bypass Chamberlayne or Brook. On every intersection of Fauquier from Laburnum to Bellevue there is a stop sign, except for on Fauquier and Nottoway. This is also the only part of the street where there is a turn in the road, creating a blind curve. People pick up speed (30MPH+) from Claremont intersection until the stop sign on Bellevue. The safety of our family neighborhood is in danger without this stop sign.

History

1. June 7, 2022
   The service request is submitted.
2. June 7, 2022
   The service request status has been changed to Assigned to Department.
3. June 29, 2022
   The service request status has been changed to Completed.

Comments

• Staff · June 7, 2022
  Cityworks ID: 473079
• Staff · June 29, 2022
  The Department of Public Works (DPW) must perform an engineering study in accordance with the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices before installing an all-way stop. All all-way stops must meet the warrants in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). This is a federal publication that applies to all streets open to pubic travel. The MUTCD conditions are mainly about a combination of traffic on the free flow street and thestopped street. This is basically how the MUTCD warrant works: - The traffic volumes along the free flow street (major street) and the stopped street (minor street) must be at a certain level for each hour for eight hours of a week day to meet therequirements of the MUTCD all-way stop warrants. o Major street minimum requirement (total of both approaches) = 300 or more vehicles an hour. o Minor street minimum requirement (total of both approaches) = 200 or more vehicles an hour. - Both of these traffic conditions must be met. This intersection of Fauquier Ave and Nottoway Ave does not have the volume conditions for an all-way stop.