Township Council Meeting — Packet

Safety Study Westminster Terrace & Nottingham Road Project No.: 241193 February 4, 2025 Page 2 of 7 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 Westminster Terrace & Nottingham Road is a 3-legged unsignalized intersection. There is no traffic control at the intersection. Westminster Terrace is a north to south local street under the jurisdiction of the Township of West Orange which spans 0.20 miles between Nottingham Road and Mount Pleasant Avenue. There are no NJDOT Straight-Line Diagrams available for this roadway. Westminster Terrace is STOP-controlled at its intersection with 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. Westminster Terrace 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 Westminster Terrace is generally residential in nature. Nottingham Road is an east to west local street under the jurisdiction of the Township of West Orange which spans 0.14 miles between Normandy Terrace and Devonshire Terrace. There are no NJDOT Straight-Line Diagrams available for this roadway. 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. Nottingham Road 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 Nottingham Road is generally residential in nature. 70 South Orange Avenue, Suite 109 Livingston, New Jersey 07039 C: (732) 236-7557 T: (973) 228-0999 F: (201) 753-3904 BrightViewEngineering.com PO Box 99 Roseland, NJ 07068