The Bloomington City Council has approved several changes to traffic throughout the city.
On Wednesday, council members passed a list of nine changes to Title 15 of the city code, which covers vehicles and traffic.
Highlights include lowering the maximum speed limit from 35 to 30 on a portion of 17th Street, removing two stop intersections and adding six more, and allowing two-way travel for bicyclists on a portion of Henderson Street.
They also include removing limited parking zones on Allen, Eighth, Wilson and Third streets and Swain Avenue – but also adding a new limited parking zone on Third Street near Eastside Drive.
The council approved adding a bus zone to Third Street near Eastside Drive, as well.
Stop signs will be moved to change traffic patterns at the intersections of westbound Fountain Drive and 11th Street as well as Crescent Road and Fountain Drive.
Traffic on eastbound Fountain Drive will now stop for traffic on Crescent Road, and traffic on 11th Street will now stop for traffic on Fountain Drive.
Stop signs will be added to the following intersections:
- The Kirkwood Avenue/Sixth Street alley and Dunn Street
- The Kirkwood Avenue/Sixth Street alley and Indiana Avenue
- The Dunn Street/Henderson Street alley and Driscoll Street
- The Dunn Street/Palmer Avenue alley and Driscoll Street
Here is the full list of amendments:
- Remove two stop intersections and add six stop intersections (where?)
- Allow two-way travel for bicycles on a portion of Henderson Street
- Decrease the maximum speed limit on a portion of Seventeenth Street
- Add back-in angle parking on Pete Ellis Drive
- Add no parking spaces on Eighth Street, Southern Drive, Swain Avenue, Wilson Street, and Third Street
- Remove limited parking zones on Allen Street, Eight Street, Swain Avenue, and Third Street and add a limited parking zone on Third Street
- Add a loading zone on the 2800 block of East Longview Avenue
- Add a bus zone to Third Street
- Empower the city engineer and chief of police to make and enforce regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of Title 15
The city said all amendments are the result of public requests, city commission recommendations or changes stemming from temporary orders. Title 15 of the city code is frequently revised.
