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Safety Study Brook Place & Mount Pleasant Place Project No.: 241193 February 4, 2025 Page 2 of 7 70 South Orange Avenue, Suite 109 PO Box 99 Livingston, New Jersey 07039 Roseland, NJ 07068 C: (732) 236-7557 T: (973) 228-0999 F: (201) 753-3904 BrightViewEngineering.com EXISTING CONDITIONS Multiple field investigations were conducted to obtain an inventory of existing roadway conditions, posted traffic controls, adjacent land uses, lane configurations of the roadways in the study area, and existing vehicular and pedestrian traffic patterns. The following is a brief description of the roadways: The intersection of Brook Place & Mount Pleasant Place is a 3-legged unsignalized intersection. There is no traffic control at the intersection. We note that the intersection is approximately 400 feet away from West Orange Fire Station #5 on Mount Pleasant Place. Brook Place is a north to south local street under the jurisdiction of the Township of West Orange which spans 0.20 miles between Buckingham Road and Mount Pleasant Place. There are no NJDOT Straight-Line Diagrams available for this roadway. Brock Place is STOP-controlled at its intersection with Buckingham Road. There is no speed limit posted along the roadway. It is our opinion that a 25 MPH speed limit is appropriate and conforms with the guidance set forth within the New Jersey Statutes Title 39. Brook Place provides an approximate pavement width of 30-ft and allows for bi-directional travel with one travel lane for each approach. On-street parking is permitted along both sides of the roadway. The land use along Brook Place is generally residential in nature. Mount Pleasant Place is an east to west local street under the jurisdiction of the Township of West Orange which spans 0.20 miles between Pleasant Valley Way and Mount Pleasant Avenue. There are no NJDOT Straight-Line Diagrams available for this roadway. Mount Pleasant Place is STOP-controlled at its intersection with Pleasant Valley Way and Mount Pleasant Avenue. There is no speed limit posted along the roadway. It is our opinion that a 25 MPH speed limit is appropriate and conforms with the guidance set forth within the New Jersey Statutes Title 39. Mount Pleasant Place provides an approximate pavement width of 27-ft and allows for bi- directional travel with one travel lane for each approach. On-street parking is permitted along both sides of the

ount Pleasant Place provides an approximate pavement width of 27-ft and allows for bi- directional travel with one travel lane for each approach. On-street parking is permitted along both sides of the roadway. The land use along Mount Pleasant Place is generally residential in nature with businesses near Mount Pleasant Avenue.