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Date: October 12, 2004
COUNCIL ACTION FORM
SUBJECT: DESIGNATION OF STANGE ROAD AS A THROUGH STREET
BACKGROUND:
Recently, roadway-widening improvements on Stange Road resulting from further
construction of the Somerset Subdivision and the beginning of construction on the
Taylor Glen Subdivision were completed. It was noted that stop signs were needed on
Clayton Drive, Kingston Drive and Yorkshire Street at their intersections with Stange
Road. A review of the Municipal Code noted that Stange Road had not previously been
designated as a through street.
This roadway is designated in the City of Ames Street Classification Plan as an arterial
route and plans are to extend it further north beyond Bloomington Road. The roadway
is a four-lane facility from the Iowa State University campus north to Aspen Road in
Somerset Subdivision. As construction in the area continues, It will be widened to four
lanes from Aspen Road north to Bloomington Road. Therefore, it seems appropriate to
designate Stange Road as a through street from the Iowa State University campus
northward. This will allow for side street stop control to be installed as further streets
are constructed intersecting the roadway.
Without the through street designation, separate traffic control designations for all new
side street stops on Stange Road would need to be prepared and submitted to the City
Manager for approval. Passage of this ordinance would require that all Traffic Control
Authorizations for side street stops currently in force on Stange Road be rescinded.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Direct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance to designate Stange Road as a
through street.
2 Reject this ordinance.
MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
It is recommended by the City Manager that the City Council accept alternative number
one, above and direct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance to designate Stange
Road as a through street.
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