Description
There is a egress to the Fred Meyer Shopping Center southbound on Aurora Avenue just south of Spiro's Pizza. It is marked with a "Do Not Enter" sign on the "mall side", but no apparent "Do Not Turn" signage on Aurora. I see people both entering and exiting the mall using this space, even though it is EXTREMELY narrow, and completely ignoring the sign when leaving the mall. Some Questions: 1) Is this intentional? 2) Was the sign left there during the construction in this area and never taken down, and 3) Can the city please consider widening this egress so that both incoming and outgoing traffic can use it at the same time? I notice there is a utility pole close to this egress, so any expansion would have to be on the north side. Seems to be a potential hazard, especially if two vehicles are attempting to use it at the same time (!). Thank You.
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the Traffic Engineer's response:
The driveway is signed "Do Not Enter" for the shopping center side meaning that drivers are not supposed to use that access to turn onto Aurora. Drivers from Aurora can still legally trun into that driveway. This is an intentional design though I'm not sure the history behind it. We will not be widening the driveway at this time as there are many other access points for drivers leaving the shopping center and doing so would be very costly and for no benenfit. If drivers on Aurora are trying to turn in and somebody is illegally trying to exit, the driver on Aurora can easily and safely wait in the exclusive right turn lane until the exiting driver clears.
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