ST8401-CS 870708July 8, 1987
MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
RE:
Frank Trando, Director of Finance
Steve Morton, Chief of Land Development
MVA MacArthur Boulevard and Beltline Road
On July 7, 1987 at approximately 12:05 a.m., I was contacted at my residence
by Lt. Mark S. Leonard, regarding a multi-vehicle accident at the intersection
of MacArthur Boulevard and Beltline Road. Upon arrival at the site with Lt.
Leonard, I verified that there was a yellow stripe on the southeast side of Beltline
Road. The yellow stripe was running diagonally in a north-easterly direction
across the east bound traffic lane of Beltline Road.
This stripe was not placed by Apec, Nathan Maier and Associates, or anyone
with the City of Coppell.
Upon inspection of the intersection and the ditches, I found many pieces of this
type of temporary stripe.
I can only surmise that somehow, or by someone, some of this material was
removed from the ditch and placed on the street. This had to be done at a time
when the weather conditions were hot and dry. The glued backing of this
temporary stripe was full of dirt, and the stripe itself had three (3) to five (5)
layers where it had been either folded or patched to make a stipe of approximately
sixty (00) feet in length. Compounding the problem, is the fact that numerous
lights on the barricades, as well as the vertical panels and the barrels, were not
operational; and all the traffic control devices were dirty.
It is my understanding that an electric safety light had been contracted to maintain
these devices by Apec. The yellow stripe, in my estimation, could only have
been placed there a maximum of ten (10) days, and more probably sometime
during the 4th of July holiday.
At approximately Z:00 a.m., Lt. Leonard and I contacted Dana Kamp of the Street
Department, and requested that he meet us at the site; were Dana and I burned
and scraped this temporary yellow stripe off the road to eliminate the situation.
This process was completed at approximately Z:50 a.m.
At 8:30 a.m. on July 7, 1987, I contacted Janet Vick of Nathan Maier and
Associates and made her aware of the seriousness of this situation.
SM/lsg