2537-18 STOP SIGN Overlook at Lawrence 2.27.18.pdf

February 14, 2018 Mayor and Township Council Municipal Building 66 Main Street West Orange, New Jersey 07052 RE: AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 7, TRAFFIC STOP INTERSECTIONS Council President McCartney, Ladies, and Gentlemen: The attached Ordinance will designate the intersection of Overlook Avenue and Lawrence Avenue as a Stop Intersection with a Stop Sign on Overlook Avenue. This intersection is a tee intersection with Overlook Avenue the minor street by traffic volume. I certify that this regulation is approved by me after investigation of the circumstances, and that it appears to be in the interest of safety and the expeditious movement of traffic. Based on this, I request this approval of this Stop Intersection pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-8(b). I performed my investigation of this intersection by field inspection, manual traffic counts and accident investigations, and based on these findings I recommend this intersection be designated a Stop Intersection with a Stop Sign on Overlook Avenue. Based on the traffic counts, the Stop Sign will be placed on the minor street as prescribed in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). A Stop Sign on Overlook Avenue is required since the normal right-of-way rule is not expected to provide reasonably safe operation of this intersection. If you have any questions on this regulation, please call me. Very truly yours, Leonard R. Lepore Leonard R. Lepore, Municipal Engineer Director of Public Works LRL/tp enc. cc: John K. Sayers Richard D. Trenk Police Chief James Abbott