TC 06-04-96 Meeting AgendaCOUNTY of FREDERICK
Department of Planning and Development
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Frederick County Transportation Committee
FROM: Evan A. Wyatt, Planner II � `
RE: June Meeting and Agenda
DATE: May 29, 1996
There will be a meeting of the Frederick County Transportation Committee at 7:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, June 4, 1996 in the Board Room of the Old Frederick County Court House, 9 Court
Square, Winchester, Virginia. The Transportation Committee will discuss the following items:
AGENDA
1) Discussion regarding a request to reduce the speed limit to along Valley Pike (Route 11)
from the southern limits of the town of Middletown to Belle Grove Road (Route 727).
Citizens within this area have requested that the speed limit be reduced from 45 mph to
35 mph. Included with this agenda item is a petition from the citizens that have made this
request and a vicinity map which delineates this area. Staff will provide a visual display
during the meeting which will demonstrate the land use within this area and the sight
distance along Valley Pike.
2) Other.
107 North Kent -Street • Winchester. Vir«inia 226111-;000
PETITION FOR CHANGE IN SPEED LIMIT FOR A SECTION OF U.S ROUTE 11
SOUTH OF THE MIDDLETOWN TOWN BOUNDARY PROVIDING FOR REDUCED LEGAL
TRAVELLING SPEED.
DATE TO TAKE EFFECT: IMMEDIATE r c 1c
Petion is hereby submitted to the Virginia Department of Transportation
that U.S. Route 11 (Valley Pike) from the Middletown limits to State
Route 727 (Belle Grove Road) be restricted to a 35 mph zone for the
purposes of safety.
Cause for action has been brought about due to the hit/run
death on Sunday, May 12, 1996 at about 6:00 a.m. by a southbound
driver striking a jogger. There have been a high number of near
miss types of vehicular/human encounters. The hit/run resulted
in the death of the victim.
Vision is DANGEROUSLY RESTRICTED due to a deep dip in the
highway just douth of the Middletown town limits. There is
virtually no shoulder for walking by employees of the industrial
area to reach the market. In addition the area in question is
both SCENIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Drivers slavto stop to observe the
Battlefield and Belle Grove on one side of Rt. 11 and the em-
ployees and plant delivery drivers must slow to turn into the
industrial area on the opposite side of Rt. 11. It needs to be
designated AS A CONGESTED AREA WITH A SLOWER SPEED for that
short distance.
There is also the reality for cars travelling SOUTHBOUND to
INCREASE SPEED when leaving Middletown's 35 mph limit. By
the time drivers reach the center entry lane for the plants
across from Cedar Creek Battlefield, they are traveling at
55 mph (or more). There is a left turn lane which further
creates a hazard due to many vehicles that straddle the lines
before getting into the proper lane. This is due in large
part to th blind hill approach to the area. In addition to
a market there are ten residences.
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED DO HEREBY PETITION THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION TO RESTRICT THE SPEED LIMIT TO 35 MPH FROM
THE MIDDLETOWN TOWN LIMITS TO STATE ROUTE 727 ON U.S.ROUTE 11:
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