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BACKGROUND In 2015, residents of Laurel Creek Drive contacted City staff to voice their concern regarding speeding along Laurel Creek Drive between Dublin Canyon Road and Foothill Road. Staff contacted the Police Department, which conducted several speeding enforcement patrols along Laurel Creek. Staff collected speed data along Laurel Creek Drive, and the critical speed was 35 MPH with an average daily volume of 1500 vehicles. Laurel Creek Drive was placed on the Traffic Calming List, and it was analyzed and prioritized with other previously requested locations. Laurel Creek Drive was the highest ranked street. Staff organized a neighborhood meeting to discuss their traffic concerns and to determine if the neighborhood is interested in developing a traffic calming plan for Laurel Creek Drive. DISCUSSION On October 21, 2015, staff conducted a neighborhood meeting with residents from the Preserve neighborhood to discuss their traffic concerns and the City's Traffic Calming Program. City staff provided an overview of the traffic calming program, identified eligible traffic calming devices and their advantages and disadvantages, solicited feedback and identified neighborhood residents willing to help develop a neighborhood traffic calming plan. There was sufficient neighborhood interest to pursue traffic mitigation measures for Laurel Creek Drive, and a steering committee was formed from the residents at this meeting. The committee collected the required petition signatures to show that the majority of the neighborhood supported the development of a traffic calming plan. Staff met with the steering committee to develop a traffic calming plan for Laurel Creek Drive. The residents were primarly concerned with speeding and cut-through traffic. Staff conducted a cut-through study along Laurel Creek Drive during the AM and PM peak hours by videotaping the intersections of Dublin Canyon/Laurel Creek and Laurel Creek/Foothill. From the video recordings, the percentage of cut-through traffic through Laurel Creek Drive was measured. In the AM peak, approximately 71% of the vehicles that made a right turn from eastbound Dublin Canyon to southbound Laurel Creek were cut-through traffic, and in the PM peak, approximately 69% of the vehicles that made a right turn from eastbound Dublin Canyon to southbound Laurel Creek were cut-through traffic. Since the percentages of cut-through traffic during the peak commute periods were high, the committee strongly supported the peak hour right turn restriction from eastbound Dublin Canyon to southbound Laurel Creek Drive from 6-9 AM and 3-7 PM Monday through Friday. The right turn restriction during the peak commute hours will impact local residential as well as cut-through traffic. While this may be inconvenient for the residents from the Preserve neighborhood, a strong majority of the residents from the neighborhood approved the right turn restriction in the peak hours in an attempt to reduce cut-through traffic through their neighborhood. The committee reviewed different devices and approaches to reduce speeding along Laurel Creek Drive. The committee considered speed lumps, electronic radar feedback signs, and the installation of curbed medians and chicanes. Speed lumps are not recommended on streets with grades of 8% or higher. Due to the street grades along Page 2 of 4