Priority Quick-Build Projects: What’s Happening Around Town?

Priority Quick-Build Projects: What’s Happening Around Town?

You may have seen one of our recent quick-build projects along a road that you frequently travel. Over the past two years, the Town has installed white bollard posts to support our Vision Zero goals to eliminate traffic crashes and deaths on our roads. Town staff has prioritized Town transportation resources and research for high-traffic areas such as Franklin Street, Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Rosemary Street, Weaver Dairy Road, Estes Drive, and Country Club Road. While you may have seen various quick-build projects in neighborhoods, quick-build projects are prioritized for major streets. Since 2020 there have been 6 deaths and 14 serious injuries attributed to traffic crashes on these roads.

Here’s an overview of our priority projects:

What are bollards for?

  • Bollards are flexible posts that are used to narrow the drivers' field of vision to encourage slower driving speeds. They also provide a visual barrier that allows for a more defined bike and pedestrian safeguard area.
  • When driving slower, your reaction time increases, making roads safer for all.

What are the current projects and what’s next?

Franklin Street

  • Lane study from Eastgate to downtown – the purpose is to slow traffic and create more space for other modes of travel
  • Redesign of Franklin Street-- downtown from Merritt Mill Road to Henderson Street (includes a safer type of bikeway)

Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard

  • Coordination of traffic signal timing between I-40 and downtown
  • Installation of flex post bollards at all mid-block crosswalks—facilitates safer driver and biker interactions
  • Installation of new mid-block crosswalk at Central Park Lane—serves nearby residents who cross MLK to and from nearby bus stops

Rosemary Street

  • Installation of flex post bollards at existing crosswalks--encourages motorists to yield to pedestrians
  • Restoration of clear space for cyclists in marked bike lanes by using flex post bollards-- prevents cars from parking in the bike lane

Weaver Dairy Extension

  • Installation of flex post bollards---reduces motorist speed at marked crosswalks used by youth walking to and from school bus stops
  • This spring – when there’s no more chance of snow – we’ll reinstall flex post bollards area and may install a different bollard configuration in 2025.
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