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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />PUBLIC WORKS — BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />STUDY SESSION DATE: July 8, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Upper County Traffic Calming <br />ACTION REQUESTED: None Required <br />LEAD STAFF: <br />Joshua Fredrickson <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />No action required. <br />BRIEFING SUMMARY: <br />• Fehr & Peers identified and evaluated possible traffic calming devices for various <br />County roads in Upper County in 2021 <br />• Over forty traffic calming measures or roadway modifications were discussed <br />during the process <br />• Eight traffic calming measures were recommended, with five being implemented - <br />directly and two being modified for implementation <br />• The Upper County Traffic Committee was disbanded November 15, 2021 <br />• Efforts towards solving Upper Kittitas County long-term Interstate 90 traffic <br />concerns are being placed with the STEER I-90 Coalition <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Upper County Traffic Task Force spent most of 2018 and all of 2019 evaluating <br />traffic impacts from growing congestion and associated safety issues along various <br />transportation corridors in Upper County. That effort evolved into the Upper County <br />Traffic Committee (UCTC) of the Board of County Commissioners. In 2020 Public <br />Works solicited for professional services supporting transportation planning. Two firms <br />were selected to provide services. Public Works solicited, the two planning firms to <br />inventory County roads impacted by 1-90 weekend traffic and identify various traffic <br />calming measures or roadway modifications on these corridors. Fehr & Peers was <br />selected to perform said work within Upper County. A final memo from Fehr & Peers <br />was provided in 2021. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />Fehr & Peers was contracted to identify specific county roads for evaluation of improved <br />safety measure deployments focused on traffic calming. In addition, Fehr & Peers <br />