Title
Resolution Approving Plans and Specifications and Calling for Bids for the Bancroft Avenue and 136th Avenue Traffic Signal Project, Project No. 11-150-38-330; State Project No. SR2SL-5041(038).
Staffreport
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends approval of plans and specifications and call for bids for the subject project.
Background
The intersection of Bancroft Avenue and 136th Avenue is currently a four-way stop-controlled intersection on a route connecting the San Leandro High School Main Campus and the Korematsu 9th Grade Campus. Before and after school hours, the intersection is highly congested due to the large number of pedestrians and vehicles converging on this location.
Analysis
To increase safety at the intersection, staff determined that converting this intersection from four-way stop-controlled to signal-controlled would be the appropriate method to control vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic.
The project will construct a new traffic signal system with bicycle detection and a separate pedestrian signal phase that will permit simultaneous pedestrian crossings in all directions. The project will also include: installing signing and striping; installing accessible curb ramps; and connecting the signal to the Traffic Operations Center at City Hall by extending the fiber optic network from Sybil Avenue.
In May 2011, the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), through the Safe Routes to School (SR2S) Program, approved $421,250 in state funding for the subject project. This funding will also allow for a traffic safety education program and additional police enforcement.
Current Agency Policies
To rehabilitate and improve existing City infrastructure and improve vehicular and pedestrian safety.
Previous Actions
On April 18, 2011, by Resolution No. 2011-078, Council approved a Resolution Approving Program Supplement Agreement No. OH92 Rev. 000 for the Safe Routes to School (SR2S) Program and Appropriation of ...
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