Laurel Mountain Rd Introductory & Preliminary Design Meeting
Laurel Mountain Rd Introductory & Preliminary Design Meeting
The Introductory and Preliminary Design Meeting is the first step in a three-step process for streets to receive a traffic calming project. Streets deemed eligible for a traffic calming project have been approved by the City Council as part of the next project offering cycle. A traffic calming project is not a mandate, but rather a neighborhood choice offered to streets ranked the highest out of those deemed eligible based on the warrants outlined in the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program’s policy. It is strongly encouraged that you and all your neighbors be active participants in this process.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Speed Humps: Average 2-5 second delay per treatment location
- Speed Cushions: Average 0-2 second delay per treatment location
- Speed Tables: Average 2-5 second delay per treatment location
- Horizontal Treatments (ex. Traffic Circle): Average 1-3 second delay per treatment location
- Speed Humps are a vertical traffic calming treatment that crosses the full width of a street and are intended for streets with a 25 mph speed limit. They are 12’ wide and 3” tall.
- Speed Cushions are a vertical traffic calming treatment that have gaps in the hump that are intended for streets with a 25 mph speed limit. The gaps in the hump allow for emergency services vehicles with wider wheel basis to straddle the humps to minimize the impact to their response times but are still large enough to impact normal vehicles. This style of treatment is the preferred treatment style for streets designated as a Neighborhood Bikeway. They are 12’ wide and 3” tall.
- Speed Tables are a vertical traffic calming treatment that crosses the full width of a street and are intended for streets with a 30 mph speed limit. They are 22’ wide and 3” tall.
Traffic calming projects have a goal of addressing document speed compliance issues and/or eliminating identified crash patterns. All projects work to stay completely between the existing curb lines. Requests such as sidewalk requests or signal installation are not currently within the scope of any traffic calming project.
If these are options you would like to pursue, please feel free to reach out to us at ntmp@raleighnc.gov and we will be happy to direct you towards the proper program/department.
The greater neighborhood is defined as all properties within an approximate 2 block radius of the project and any property that’s only access is by using the street in question.