To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Authority to place stop signs at intersections consistent with the criteria, or as otherwise permitted by law, Countywide.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Traffic Resolution No. 2024/4540 to supersede and replace Board of Supervisors Resolution Nos. 77/941 and 75/256, and any other earlier resolutions, policies, or criteria for the placement of stop signs on county roads, as recommended by the Public Works Director, Countywide.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa County Public Works Department, Transportation Engineering Division staff proposes updating and revising the criteria for installing stop signs to ensure they are consistent with current practices and standards, including the current version of the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. California Vehicle Code section 22450(b) authorizes the Board of Supervisors to establish rules and regulations providing for placement of stop signs at locations along highways in Contra Costa County to enhance public safety. Contra Costa County Code 46-2.004, “Establishment of regulations,” allows the Public Works Director to make traffic orders designating any intersection as a stop intersection and requiring all vehicles to stop at one or more entrances to the intersection.
The Transportation Engineering Division recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt the revised criteria for establishing stop controls on county roads.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Board of Supervisors Resolution Nos. 77/941 and 75/256, and any other earlier resolutions, policies, or criteria for the placement of stop signs on county roads will remain in effect.
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