City of Madison - File #: 33454

• File #: 33454
• Version: 1
• Name: Recommend cross-sections of North Gammon Road from Tree Lane to Stonefield Road and approving the resurfacing of North Gammon Road in 2014.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/14/2014
• In control: PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION (ended 6/2018)
• On agenda: 4/29/2014
• Final action: 4/29/2014
• Enactment date: 4/30/2014
• Enactment #: RES-14-00320
• Title: Recommend cross-sections of North Gammon Road from Tree Lane to Stonefield Road and approving the resurfacing of North Gammon Road in 2014.
• Sponsors: Mark Clear, Paul E. Skidmore

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/29/2014	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
4/9/2014	1	BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
3/25/2014	1	PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION (ended 6/2018)	Return to Lead with the Following Recommendation(s)	Pass
3/18/2014	1	BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS	Refer
3/18/2014	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer
3/14/2014	1	Engineering Division	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
Funding for the main resurfacing project previously approved, File ID 32560, RES-14-00004. Additional work at the intersections to install pedestrian refuge islands is estimated at $150,000. Funds available in CS53-58260-810358-00-53W1699.

Title
Recommend cross-sections of North Gammon Road from Tree Lane to Stonefield Road and approving the resurfacing of North Gammon Road in 2014.

Body
WHEREAS, North Gammon Road from Tree Lane to Stonefield Road is on City Engineering's 2014 Street Resurfacing list; and

WHEREAS, several residents of North Gammon Road raised concerns about speeding and the cross-section of North Gammon Road; and

WHEREAS, the Council directed City Engineering and City Traffic Engineering to review the project and the street's cross-section with North Gammon Road property owners and nearby neighborhood residents; and

WHEREAS, a neighborhood meeting was held on March 11, 2014 where City Traffic Engineering and City Engineering staff presented traffic and safety data as well as several options for the cross-section of North Gammon Road; and

WHEREAS, there was no overwhelming support for any one option; and

WHEREAS, some North Gammon Road residents desire the street to be reduced in cross-section from four travel lanes to two travel lanes with a center two-way left turn lane; and

WHEREAS, City Traffic Engineering and City Engineering studied the operational impacts and pros and cons of the three lane cross-section and find it unsuited and unsustainable for this segment of North Gammon Rd; and

WHEREAS, the residents expressed support for additional electronic signing and construction, if feasible, of several pedestrian refuge islands at the intersections of North Gammon Road with Colony Drive, Farmington Way, and Sawmill Road as identified by TE and CE Staff; and

WHEREAS, long term recommendations for improving North Gammon Road with bike lanes, pedestrian islands, and a center two-way left turn lane were identified for ...