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Richmond is proceeding with several traffic calming projects as construction crews prepare upgrades at intersections across the city, according to the latest city manager report.
The work is part of a package of eighteen traffic calming locations approved earlier this year. The city’s contractor, Saint Francis Electric, is preparing updated striping and other improvements at two of the four remaining sites in the package. Construction is expected to begin soon and finish in December 2025.
At 15th Street and Macdonald Avenue, workers will install Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons on all four sides of the intersection. The city says the beacons are intended to make people walking and bicycling more visible as they cross. Striping upgrades will also be completed as part of the project.
At 37th Street and Wall Avenue, the contractor will add upgraded crosswalks, new bike lane striping, and median infrastructure designed to improve alignment and increase visibility.
Another project on Solano Avenue and Lassen Street is nearing completion. The city reports that work at the crosswalk is about 85 percent complete after Yerba Buena Engineering installed a high-visibility continental-style crosswalk, fluorescent pedestrian crossing signs, and traffic calming delineators to highlight the crossing and encourage drivers to reduce speed.
The latest work follows a year of traffic safety efforts that included a quick-build roundabout at Barrett Avenue and Key Boulevard, as well as a series of proposals from city officials to address speeding, sideshows, and frequent pedestrian safety concerns.
Close encounters of the traffic kind
They’re back. The field of flexible traffic poles have returned to the Barrett Avenue and Key Boulevard sideshow deterrence pilot project last week. Last month, city contractors installed a surface-mounted curb system, high-visibility continental crosswalks, bikeway striping, a red curb, and refreshed turn and stop indicators in the East
Soren Hemmila
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