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Yorkville committee says traffic control devices not needed at Caledonia subdivision intersection · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Yorkville committee says traffic control device is not needed at
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  Speaker 1: Caledonia Subdivision intersection. Written by Joey Weslow, This article is
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  Speaker 1: being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  Speaker 1: The City of Yorkville responded to residents' concerns of speeding vehicles,
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  Speaker 1: including sem trailers, along Boombab Boulevard by conducting a traffic
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  Speaker 1: study and ramped up enforcement on trucks. The city discussed
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  Speaker 1: its findings on whether to install stop signs in the
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  Speaker 1: intersection of Bumba Boulevard and Commercial Drive. The Public Works
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  Speaker 1: Committee said during its February seventeenth meeting that its study
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  Speaker 1: does not warrant installing traffic control devices at the intersection.
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  Speaker 1: The measure was passed onto the City Council, which can
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  Speaker 1: override the recommendation, at its meeting on February twenty fourth.
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  Speaker 1: During a previous City Council meeting, a resident of the
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  Speaker 1: Caledonia Subdivision said traffic flies off Boomba Boulevard, endangering the
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  Speaker 1: streets where their kids play. The t intersection currently has
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  Speaker 1: no traffic control devices in place, including stop signs and
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  Speaker 1: yield signs. Both streets have a thirty miles square speed limit.
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  Speaker 1: The study revealed that the amount of traffic including vehicles, bicycles,
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  Speaker 1: and pedestrians, entering the intersection was less than required for
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  Speaker 1: the eight hour multiway stop sign. According to city documents,
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  Speaker 1: the study considered a multi way stop sign at the
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  Speaker 1: intersection and a yield or stop sign on commercial drive.
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  Speaker 1: The documents did not say whether a similar study conducted
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  Speaker 1: during warmer months would have resulted in a higher traffic yield,
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  Speaker 1: possibly necessitating stop signs. A study conducted in May twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five also showed the intersection failed to meet the
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  Speaker 1: standards for installing new traffic control devices. According to the
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  Speaker 1: Yorkville Police Department, zero accidents have been reported at the
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  Speaker 1: intersection in the last thirty six months. A total of
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  Speaker 1: two accidents have been reported along boom Of Boulevard over
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  Speaker 1: the past five years. The police said neither accident would
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  Speaker 1: have been prevented by new traffic control devices. The police
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  Speaker 1: conducted heightened traffic enforcement in the Caledonia subdivision between January
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  Speaker 1: fourteenth and February nine. Police made fourteen traffic stops, including
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  Speaker 1: ten there were semi trailers in violation of the city's
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  Speaker 1: ban on vehicles over eight tons using residential streets,