MA 10-07-CS140724Derrick and I just talked about this. The work going on on westbound
Sandy Lake between Denton Tap and MacArthur is the brick wall repairs
being done by Concord Commercial. They are aware that they are not to
close a lane prior to 9:00am. Apparently they had a new crew in there
this morning, and they had a portion closed before that time. We are
taking steps to ensure that doesn’t happen again.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Keith
From: George Marshall
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 9:20 AM
To: Michael Garza; Kenneth Griffin; Keith Marvin
Subject: FW: Concerns along Beltline Road, et al, from a long-time
resident
FYI, regarding construction fatigue… I have already forwarded to
Derrick as he is inspecting the crew mentioned on Sandy Lake.
Thank You, George
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From: Jeff Logan [mailto:jlogan@dexas.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 8:53 AM
To: George Marshall
Subject: Re: Concerns along Beltline Road, et al, from a long-time
resident
Good morning George:
First off, let me thank you again for your detailed response to my
email regarding the intersection work at Beltline/MacArthur. Very
informative and I appreciated sharing in the thought processes. I did
want to ask you question and of course, share a little bit of my pain as
a commuter traveling directly east/west across our city, which is no
easy chore these days. I am assuming that most of this work
concentrates in the summer as their is the perception of less traffic.
I'm somewhat awestruck that your department can have this many active
work crews going at the same time. Throw in the activity along Heartz
and the torn up section of Northpoint and it literally appears to me
that there is no part of town that is "finished."
There isn't really a viable east/west route other than Bethel School,
Bethel. The single lanes available at Sandy Lake/Denton Tap means that
I avoid that intersection during morning and evening rush. My question
to you mainly has to do with maintenance crews who have been closing
lanes of westbound Sandy Lake all week. Can that work be done at a
different time than morning rush hour? This morning, the right lane was
closed right in front of Kroger, making all westbound Sandy Lake traffic
behave dangerously, jackrabbit starts and lane changes, competing for
that single lane that was open.
Any way you and team could cut us a break and not close lanes of Sandy
Lake as well each morning?
Thanks for at least considering this, as it is a bit of a beat-down out
there!
Jeff Logan
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From: George Marshall <GMarshall@coppelltx.gov
<mailto:GMarshall@coppelltx.gov> >
Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 4:54 PM
To: Jeff Logan <jlogan@dexas.com <mailto:jlogan@dexas.com> >
Cc: Kenneth Griffin <KGriffin@coppelltx.gov
<mailto:KGriffin@coppelltx.gov> >, Clay Phillips
<CPhillips@coppelltx.gov <mailto:CPhillips@coppelltx.gov> >, Mike Land
<MLand@coppelltx.gov <mailto:MLand@coppelltx.gov> >
Subject: RE: Concerns along Beltline Road from a long-time resident
Mr. Logan,
Thank you for your input. It is always welcome here at the City of
Coppell. I am the Traffic Engineer for the City as well as the Design
Engineer on the mentioned construction project below.
On the matter of traffic flow on Belt Line Road it has been a few years
since the City did any signal synchronization. The last timing project
done on that corridor is essentially outdated due to traffic flow
changes in the area. Since that time the signals have been put into
free plan where there is not any synchronization at all. One of the
problems that has plagued the City with signal synchronization has been
keeping the same time of day in each of the controllers. Up until this
year we have not had communication to the Belt Line corridor. We still
lack communication to the Belt Line and Moore intersection. Once this
is complete we will be able to program the time remotely and potentially
provide higher quality synchronization. We do have long term plans to
coordinate these signals again, however we do not have a timeline as of
yet. Trust me, I understand the importance of properly synchronized
signals. In fact, last year the city re-timed all the signals on the
Denton Tap/ S. Belt Line corridor from Natches Trace to Dividend and we
are still dealing with small issues left over.
As far as the intersection of MacArthur & Belt Line. The primary
purpose is to replace the brick pavers. These are beyond their service
life. The frictional coefficient seems less than that of standard
concrete during a rain event where we perceive many crashes in the
intersection. Though they are not noticeable when driving through the
intersection, there are several areas where the pavers need to be
repaired. For quite some time it has been scheduled for replacement
therefore the Streets crew has used asphalt patch to make some repairs.
Originally the pavers were installed on a 1” sand bed and then 8-10” of
concrete below the pavers. Well as we all know in North Texas, concrete
cracks, and when it does, the sand migrates through the crack and the
pavers settle unevenly.
There have been several crashes that involved large vehicles where they
hit the traffic signal poles on the south side of the intersection and
have damaged the concrete foundations.
We understand the issues involved with closing off access to Belt Line
Road from MacArthur but after reviewing our options we feel it is in the
best interest to proceed with construction in the same manner as we did
at the other 2 intersection projects (Denton Tap and Sandy Lake as well
as Denton Tap, Belt Line and Southwestern) In fact we have hired the
same contractor as the other two projects, through the competitively
bidding process. The other good news is that there is an incentive in
the contract to complete the project in a timely manner. If the
contractor constructs the intersection and re-opens to all lanes of
traffic in 15 days, then they will get a $45,000 bonus. Which they did
on the last project.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to give me a call.
Thank You, George
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From: Kenneth Griffin
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 4:13 PM
To: George Marshall
Subject: FW: Concerns along Beltline Road from a long-time resident
George
Could you please respond to this?
Thanks
From: CMO
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 3:53 PM
To: Kenneth Griffin; Mike Land
Cc: Mario Canizares
Subject: FW: Concerns along Beltline Road from a long-time resident
From: Jeff Logan [mailto:jlogan@dexas.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 10:46 AM
To: Clay Phillips; CMO
Subject: Concerns along Beltline Road from a long-time resident
Hello Mr. Phillips:
I have contacted your office once before with some concerns regarding
the lack of street light synchronization, particularly along the
east/west routes through our city, Beltline and Sandy Lake. I have been
commuting across Coppell for over 2 years now, so I am quite familiar
with both the morning and evening "rush hours" across our town. My
original email talked about a potential environmental impact created
when a large number of vehicles, traveling east or west on Beltline, has
to come to a practically instantaneous stop as a single car from
Northlake Woodlands approaches the intersection at Mockingbird. This
traffic has accelerated to 50 mph and then must suddenly stop, as the
timer at that intersection is no longer than 3-4 seconds of waiting time
that is required of the southbound Mockingbird driver. It always seems
rather absurd to me that the traffic on Beltline, has to wait probably a
half minute for this nearly constant single-car approach. These single
cars are never accumulated, they just get instant green lights, one
after the other. Then, all the stopped traffic accelerates quite hard
again, no doubt providing extra emissions for the Mockingbird neighbors
to enjoy! This morning, my group of vehicles rapidly braking at
Mockingbird for the single car to turn, was at least 15 vehicles, most
of which waited the entire signal cycle at Beltline/MacArthur. So
obviously, there is no synchronization in place there during morning
rush.
Which brings me to my second area of concern: the Beltline closure for
paver stone replacement. I have lived in the Riverchase area for years
and am quite familiar with the condition of that intersection. How long
have the current paver stones been in use? And have they exceeded their
service life? I cannot detect much, if any, failure in the current
paver stones that comprise a majority of the intersection. Is this
replacement project only to add the star design? If so, I would like to
object to the taxpayer expense and traffic delays, not the mention the
unwanted (and unnecessary at this time?) extra traffic via Fairway and
Riverchase Drive. Riverchase Drive is already an unsafe speedway of
drivers cutting through, and I fear the detour will make the problem
much worse.
Thanks for reading this and allowing me to contribute my thoughts.
Jeff Logan
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