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Bernal Avenue at Stanley Boulevard and Valley Avenue The City plans to widen Stanley Boulevard at Bernal Avenue/Valley Avenue this year. The project creates a third eastbound through lane, a second eastbbound left turn lane, and reconfigures southbound Valley A venue to provide a third left turn to eastbound Stanley Boulevard. This project will improve access to eastbound Stanley Boulevard and draw some traffic away from using Vineyard Avenue. However, the EI Charro Road extension to Stanley Boulevard will also be needed in the future to meet the demand for southbound access to eastbound Stanley Boulevard with Buildout of the general Plan. Vineyard A venue at Ruby Hill Boulevard Signature Homes plans to construct a new traffic signal at the intersection of Vineyard Avenue at Ruby Hill Boulevard this year. The development was conditioned to build this signal when state and federal signal warrants were met. Using this signal to control the amount of traffic entering the Vineyard Corridor from the east during the peak morning commute and school traffic periods could significantly improve traffic circulation near Neal School and will improve access to Vineyard Avenue for all residents along the corridor. Metering operations are not proposed during the evening peak hours and will not affect access to Ruby Hill from the west. The morning Level of Service along Stanley Boulevard at Valley AvenuelBernal Avenue is forecast to reach LOS F levels under Existing plus Approved development conditions. Staff expects ever increasing numbers of drivers to begin using the Vineyard Corridor to avoid this congestion. Existing plus Approved development traffic forecasts show about 850 vehicles an hour entering the Vineyard Corridor from Isabel Avenue. This situation is already contributing to the significant traffic backups for westbound traffic at the stop sign at Montevino Drive. This significant increase in surface street traffic is due to the breakdown of I-580 and Route 84 traffic flow during the peak commute hours. Until such time as improvements are made to return this regional traffic to these state facilities, staff recommends using signal timing at the intersections of Stanley Boulevard at ValleylBernal and Vineyard A venue at Ruby Hill Boulevard to control the amount of traffic entering the City from the east on surface streets during the morning commute period. This will improve downstream traffic flow and safety through local neighborhoods and adjacent to local schools. Vineyard Avenue at Touriga Drive Vineyard Avenue at Touriga Drive forms a T intersection with stop sign control for Touriga Drive traffic. Although conditions at the intersection do not meet either the state or federal guidelines for the installation of a 3-way stop or traffic signals, it is very difficult to turn left onto Vineyard Avenue from Touriga Drive during the evening peak commute hours. There is also a westbound bus stop on the north side of Vinyard A venue just west of the intersection. Crosswalk warning signs have been installed at this intersection per the traffic calming plan, X:\ADMIN\PGGS\Council2005\MEETINGl00405\SR 05276 AttachmentI.doc Page 13