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I have been getting a lot of emails from constituents about slowing traffic through there and getting signs that say "No thru traffic" or "local traffic only" at the beginning of Hungerford street (at the intersection of Pearl and Hungerford) since a lot of people are using it as a cut thru street.
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Based on your description, we believe you are requesting traffic calming to slow traffic and to reduce the volume of cut-through traffic. DPW has an established Traffic Calming process. Here is a link to information on initiating traffic calming on a City street, https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/DPW/Traffic-Calming-Neighborhood-Enhancement-Program. Currently, traffic calming in Burlington is initiated by residents - a program established a generation ago to let neighborhoods help direct potential improvements. At least 1/3 of the affected street or neighborhood needs to be interested in traffic calming, which is demonstrated through a neighborhood petition. A template is available on the website, but we also accept other forms or electronic signatures.
Once a petition is received, it enters the project queue. DPW Staff manages an average of 4 traffic calming projects at any one time and new projects are advanced in the order they are received. The process generally takes a minimum of 2 years and up to 4 years to complete, while the City balances staff to manage projects and budgets to install traffic calming.
DPW Technical Services is currently collaborating with an outside consultant on overhauling the Traffic Calming process in the City – the first overhaul in about 15 years. One major element of this change is to institute a data driven triage process to Traffic Calming. The revised program will make sure neighborhoods with data supported traffic issues will be prioritized for traffic calming measures. We hope this will make the process more efficient, better allocate City resources, and better serve the needs of residents. We anticipate this new process will be brought forward for community input and implementation this Fall. In the meantime, however, we are still encouraging residents to follow the current traffic calming process in order to be placed on the queue for analysis.
I am happy to set up a time for us to meet and discuss this further. Feel free to call me directly should you have any questions.
Best,
Phillip Peterson, Associate Engineer
Burlington Department of Public Works
645 Pine Street
Burlington, VT 05402
802-865-5832 (desk phone)
802-598-8356 (cell phone)
ppeterson@burlingtonvt.gov
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