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Home My WebLink AboutHARMONY SAFEWAY MARKETPLACE PUD - FINAL - 33-94B - MEDIA -Feel, likeyou re 901 •'.ova:. �, xAlibo 1 _ .�..wwt.u�d�1�„„�N � INI A J i d` ul 5 N i P : HARMO L2 MILE "". NY ROAD m �v z she of nm 14 store M with the arrival of anew Safeway store; city officials areH installing a roundabout, among other devices, to slow tra":-.4 in the Golden fvleadowsa subdivision In Golden Meadows syKEmMXw N 10-1-47 The Coloradoan City traffic 'officials are preparing to throw a curve at drivers in one southeast Fort Collins neighborhood. Next month, crews plan to install a roundabout — or traffic circle — at the in- tersection of Ticonderoga and New Bedford drives in the Golden Meadows sub- division. The hope is to dis- courage speedersfrom. from zip- ping through the neighbor- hood. The intersection will be reconfigured with a con- crete circle in the middle and bowed -in curbs that will restrict all traffic — in- cluding bicycles — to a sin- gle curving lane in all four directions. The idea is to force traffic to take the in - r� in circles? area, you'will be will be no corners to cut, he said. Traffic circles have been used for years in Europe mdwi on Va f- and some cities in the east - MR Fort Ok ern United States but are Opwatiorls at just now being introduced in Colorado. Cities such as Boulder and Loveland have started using the devices tersection at 10 to 12 mph, and have recorded lower city traffic engineer Eric average speeds and fewer Bracke said. accidents, Bracke said. "You won't have much The Ticonderoga circle is choice except to slow one part of a larger traffic - down," Bracke said. "You fining project in Golden can't go through at 25 Meadows that includes the mph." installation of seven speed The circle will take some humps and two raised getting used to, Bracke crosswalks in the neighbor - said. Drivers will have to hood. The work is being learn to keep to the right done in anticipation of the and go around the bend, opening of a Safeway store even if they intend to go at, Harmony Road and straight or turn left. There rWbeaton Drive. slowly Safeway is paying for the improvements, Bracke said, as part of an agree- ment with area residents who are concerned about what effect the store may have on their neighbor- hood, such as an increase in the amount of cut - through traffic. The final tally may ex- ceed $40,000, he said. But the price is worth it, said Katie Press, Safeway's real estate manager. "We always try to be re- sponsive to neighborhood concerns," she said. Most drivers will use major streets such as Har- mony Road and Wheaton Drive to access the ,store, Press said, if they find SN CRCLEfT� Pap A-=4 m "a m v g EN Er CD CD CD CD CD o m m