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November 29, 2007 To The President And Members Of The City Council Of Philadelphia: I am herewith returning to you, unsigned Bill Number 070543 and Bill Number 070544, which authorize the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersections of Avalon and Outlook Streets and Avalon and Lavender Streets. The Streets Department is required to comply with the PennDot regulations that, in turn, adopt the Federal Highway Administration's regulations on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The Federal and State criteria require that an all-way stop control be warranted by an engineering study of traffic conditions which include information comprised from police accident records, traffic volumes, speed and sight distance. The Streets Department engineering study conducted regarding the two above-metntioned intersections concluded that the present day conditions at these locations do not satisfy articulated criteria to warrant installation of all-way stop controls. As such, the St...

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This communication reports that the mayor returned unsigned proposed bills concerning all-way stop signs at Avalon Street and Outlook Street and at Avalon Street and Lavender Street. It states that a Streets Department engineering study found the intersections did not meet federal and state criteria for all-way stop controls, so the department could not install the signs.

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November 29, 2007
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November 29, 2007

To The President And Members Of

The City Council Of Philadelphia:

I am herewith returning to you, unsigned Bill Number 070543 and Bill Number 070544, which authorize the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersections of Avalon and Outlook Streets and Avalon and Lavender Streets.

The Streets Department is required to comply with the PennDot regulations that, in turn, adopt the Federal Highway Administration's regulations on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The Federal and State criteria require that an all-way stop control be warranted by an engineering study of traffic conditions which include information comprised from police accident records, traffic volumes, speed and sight distance.

The Streets Department engineering study conducted regarding the two above-metntioned intersections concluded that the present day conditions at these locations do not satisfy articulated criteria to warrant installation of all-way stop controls. As such, the Streets Department cannot install the traffic stop controls

For the aforementioned reasons, I am returning these bills unsigned.

Sincerely

John F. Street

Mayor

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