MA 10-07-CS140724 (2)Derrick 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>
Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 4:54 PM
To: Jeff Logan <jlogan@dexas.com>
Cc: Kenneth Griffin <KGriffin@coppelltx.gov>, Clay Phillips <CPhillips@coppelltx.gov>, Mike Land <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
George Marshall, P.E.
Traffic Engineer
Engineering Department
City of Coppell, TX
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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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Jeff Logan
Director of Marketing
Dexas International, Ltd.
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