September 17, 2025, Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 85 eight-hour volume warrants, the four-hour volume warrants and, as I had testified to, we will be certifying that for the county and we know the county does not have an objection to a signal at this location. What Mr. Litwornia was referring to, I had to read through the MUTCD because I was a little concerned, and he was referring to a substandard within warrant six. It's a unique warrant. In 40 years I've never used it, didn't really even know it existed and that's a warrant that is used in a situation if you have an unsignalized intersection that would not otherwise warrant a traffic signal based on the typical volume warrants and it's basically an analysis that's done to see if installation of a traffic signal at that location would benefit the operation of a car and that's a coordination warrant. And within that there's a substandard that basically says you should not use this warrant if it's within a 1000 feet of another signalized intersection. Has nothing to do -- it is not a law, it is a restriction and certainly engineers, traffic engineers design traffic signals all the time that are much closer than a 1000 feet and there will be no issue designing this signal and it will operate at good levels of service and as I testified to will benefit the residents, the existing community as well as accommodate