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Converted from paper version of the Broad Ripple Gazette (v12n04)
DPW approves BR traffic plan test
by Alan Hague
posted: Feb. 20, 2015

Approved resolution is below. Detailed plans are not yet available, but include turning some 2-way stop intersections into 4-way stops, and adding new no-parking zones along some Village streets (primarily the east and south sides of most streets south of Broad Ripple Avenue.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
RESOLUTION NO. 1, 2015
A RESOLUTION approving, authorizing, and ordering temporary traffic control changes at certain locations in the Consolidated City of Indianapolis, Indiana.
WHEREAS the Revised Code of the Consolidated City and County, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, Section 441-212, provides the Board of Public Works ("the Board")with the authority to enter, issue and enforce temporary orders to serve the public convenience when special traffic conditions exist and whenever they may arise; and
WHEREAS over the past 12 months, the Department of Public Works Engineering Division has been coordinating with the Broad Ripple Village Association and local residents on the development of a Broad Ripple Area Traffic Plan, to help address parking, traffic flow, and safety concerns raised by the residents and business owners; and
WHEREAS to allow the Department of Public Works to react in an efficient manner and make adjustments to the plan while evaluating the effectiveness of the various parking restriction changes and intersection control changes; and
WHEREAS the Engineering Division of the Department of Public Works recommends that the Board of Public Works allow the plan to be adopted, implemented and evaluated for its effectiveness, and once the plan has been evaluated, ordinances will be prepared and presented to the City County Council of Marion County for final adoption; and
WHEREAS the Board issued public notice and conducted a public hearing on the establishment of the above restrictions on January 28, 2015.
NOW THEREFORE, BEING DULY ADVISED, THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS HEREBY RESOLVES:
1. THAT the Broad Ripple Area Traffic Plan be implemented, and be in effect from the date the implemented changes are installed by the Operations Division of the Department of Public Works, and shall remain in effect until the plan has been evaluated and subsequent action taken by the City County Council of Marion County.
2. THAT the Director is hereby authorized and ordered to do all acts consistent with this Resolution.
ADOPTED by the Board of Public Works on the 28th day of January 2015.

DPW approves BR traffic plan test
image courtesy of Department of Public Works


DPW approves BR traffic plan test
image courtesy of Department of Public Works


DPW approves BR traffic plan test
image courtesy of Department of Public Works





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