At its May 9 study session the Airway Heights City Council got a glimpse of some possible road projects.
Public Works Director Kevin Anderson gave the council a brief presentation on proposed transportation projects that stemmed from pavement management plan work that was recently conducted by Century West.
Some of the proposed projects include developing and adopting the city’s annual six-year transportation improvement plan, street and sidewalk improvement projects, capacity improvements at the Craig Road and Highway 2, Hayford Road and Highway 2 intersections and authorizing a transportation circulation plan that would be the basis for establishing a citywide impact fee structure.
Anderson also presented possible traffic calming measures that would reduce speeding in residential areas throughout the city, particularly in the areas of Sixth and 21st avenues. He said one of the challenges with addressing the speeding is there are areas in Airway Heights with long stretches of wide roadways.
“In some places we have these long, wide stretches of roadway and if I was a kid, I’d probably speed on it too,” Anderson said.
Some proposed traffic calming measures include raised intersections, speed humps, traffic circles and chokers, where it would narrow the roadway so only one car could fit in at a time.
Councilwoman Aspen Monteleone asked if the city could try less expensive measures to address speeding and revisit the matter in three months.
“We could try cop presence and speed limits signs and if we feel this is still a problem or if residents bring it up at a community café, we can address it later,” Monteleone said.
Council also moved a few items forward to its May 16 meeting, including an amendment of the Court Clerk II job description.
Under the new description, the clerk would become a full-time position and work five days a week instead of three. Court administrator Bree Breza said moving the court clerk position to full-time would be “beneficial to the city.”
“If we hired another part-time person, we’d have to pay their salary and benefits and it would cost more to do that instead of keeping the existing clerk position and moving it to full-time.”
Council also moved forward the first reading of ordinance C-873, which adds two full-time maintenance workers to the Public Works Department and a detective to the Police Department.
Council had the first reading of a similar ordinance at its May 2 meeting. Accounting/city clerk Addam Janke said clerk-treasurer Amy Wiedrich redrafted the ordinance to add the court clerk’s part-time to full-time transition.
Anderson gave an update on the asphalt overlay project on McFarlane Road between Craig and Hayford roads. He said the estimate on the project is $576,239 with 90 percent of the funding coming from the Transportation Improvement Board fund.
Al Stover can be reached at al@cheneyfreepress.com.
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