1st Ave. So., 10 St. Intersection Under Review

Jamestown (CSi ) A part of the Jamestown Land Use and Transportation Plan is reviewing the intersection of First Avenue South, and 10^{th Street Southeast.}

KLJ Project Engineering at yesterday meeting, Bob Shannon, said, the intersection has no pedestrian accomodations.

The intersection includes a third street, U.S. Highway 281, going to Mill Hill. The three streets that meet there carry more combined traffic than any other intersection in Jamestown.

Currently, the right-turn lanes of each street are controlled by yield signs, not traffic lights.

Shannon said a possibility is moving the streets to form more of a T-shaped intersection, providing a new traffic signal system to control the right-turn lanes and left turns and straight movements at the intersection, thus allowing the addition of crosswalks and pedestrian crossing lights

The present meetings are basicially a fact finding about the business districts.

Today, the steering committee met early this morning, followed by an 11-a.m., meeting with consultants and the various city council members, followed by a meeting with consultants and Mayor Katie Andersen.

An afternoon meeting is planned at the Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

Currently, there are no plans for public meetings in April with a possible review of tentative land use plans slated for May.

The plan has a total cost of $340,000 with $220,000 with funding from state and federal sources.

Work on the plan is expected to be finished in October or November 2014.

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