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To the Mayor and Members of the City Council November 13, 2018
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SUBJECT: LANE CONFIGURATION CHANGE ON HEMPHILL STREET
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The purpose of this informal report is to inform Council of a proposed lane configuration change on
Hemphill Street between Vickery and Seminary.
The City is currently planning to resurface Hemphill between Vickery and Seminary beginning in early
2019. This resurfacing project offers the opportunity to re-evaluate the lane markings on Hemphill.
Currently, Hemphill is marked as a 5-lane, undivided roadway.
In response to requests from the community and in an effort to calm traffic in this corridor, staff proposes
to reconfigure the pavement markings along this segment of Hemphill to include one through lane in each
direction, a continuous center left turn lane with on-street parking and bike lanes in both directions. The
existing curb line of the street will remain the same. This proposal was presented to the Pedestrian and
Bicycle Advisory Commission in December of 2015 by the Hemphill Corridor Task Force and again by City
staff at a general public meeting in August of this year. In both cases, the proposed reconfiguration
received overwhelming support.
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Near Southside, Inc. has partnered with the Hemphill Corridor Task Force through the preparation of
detailed striping plans and a traffic analysis of the proposed conversion. Staff has reviewed the traffic
analysis prepared by the consultant and has determined that the proposed cross section will provide
acceptable levels of service for existing and future traffic conditions.
The new pavement markings will be installed immediately following the roadway resurfacing project with
an October 2019 completion. Striping costs are estimated at approximately $512,000 with $102,000
contributed by Near Southside, Inc. and the remaining $410,000 provided by the City.
If you should have additional questions, please contact Brian Jahn, Transportation and Public Works at
817-392-7978.
David Cooke
City Manager
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