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From: Joe on
Sent: Tuesday; October 30, 2012 5:30 PM
To: 'tomlawton@mac com'—�
Cc: Sarah Burnett; Ted Shepard
Subject: Re: LindenNine Intersection
Hi Mr. Lawton,
I was asked to follow up with you regarding the Linden/Vine intersection. I don't have specific details about any recent
crashes at Linden/Vine. We have a couple of months of lag time between when crashes occur and when they get put
into our system. The last crash I have a record of there was in May.
Looking back over the last three years (2009 — 2011) the intersection had a slightly higher crash frequency than expected
when compared to other comparable intersections (2.1 crashes/year vs. an expected 1.7 crashes/year). It ranked 151h in
our unsignalized intersection crash list and 58`h overall (considering signalized intersections as well).
We did clean up the sight distance issue that you noted. However, we don't have any plans at this time for any other
changes there. We don't anticipate any issues with the offset. Starting from a stop, motorists have plenty of distance to
adjust their position as they traverse the intersection. We have other locations with similar offsets that seem to work
fine. A good example is at Linden/Jefferson where we have a similar (but perhaps more severe) offset but no issues that
I'm aware of related to the offset.
I hope that answers your questions. If not, or if you need more information please let me know.
Sincerely,
Joe Olson, P.E.
Traffic Engineer
City of Fort Collins