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Ordinance amending Schedules III and IV of the Traffic Register by extending one end of an existing school zone for Bush Elementary School and a shared zone for Jackson Middle School and Zavala Elementary School; removing a one-way segment for Austin Elementary School; modifying effective times to accommodate pedestrians at two zones for Reagan Middle School and for Advantage Academy; and creating a school zone on Robinson Road where students from the Young Men’s and Young Women’s Leadership Academies are crossing. In addition, minor corrections to four existing zones on the Traffic Register are included in this ordinance
Presenter
Walter Shumac, P.E., Director of Transportation
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
Jackson Middle School and Zavala Elementary School, both Grand Prairie ISD schools, have an existing shared school zone on Beatty Drive. The west end of the zone needs to be extended to include the intersection of Michael Drive along Beatty Drive. Also, the north end of an existing school zone on Corn Valley Road, for Bush Elementary School, needs to be extended to include the intersection of Clearwood Drive along Corn Valley Road.
In order to allow Austin Elementary School to separate younger and older grades into two pickup/drop-off areas, the existing one-way segment along Burleson Street needs to be removed to permit parents access to both areas.
Students from Reagan Middle School walk west to cross S. Carrier Parkway at Queens Way in the afternoons. Because of the distance away from the school, they are reaching this location later and the zone on Carrier needs to be adjusted to completely cover when they are arriving. The afternoon school zone effective times need to be 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
An existing school zone on Robinson Road north of Freetown Road was initially established for Milam Elementary School. Robinson Road is now the boundary line between Milam and Moore Elementary Schools. However, there are no...
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