HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2025-038 Winthrop Drive_Speed Reduction Request_School ZoneMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
April 14, 2025
TB Resolution 2025 -038:Request for Speed Limit Reduction and Extension of the Northeast Elementary School Zone to Include the Crosswalks at the Intersections of Brandywine Drive /Winthrop
Drive & Sandra Place & Winthrop Drive
Whereas,the Town Board has received a request from residents and the Parent Teacher Association related to the Northeast Elementary School’s school zone. The request is to extend the
zone to include the crosswalks where Winthrop Drive intersects with Sandra Place including the crosswalk where Winthrop Drive intersects withBrandywine Drive, and
Whereas,the residents of this highly densified neighborhood stated they have concerns about the safety of pedestrians and the number of speeding vehicles as well as the lack ofsight
distance due to horizontal and vertical road geometry in the area as factors supporting their request, and
Whereas the Public Works Department discussed the request at the Public Works Committee meeting on March18th, 2025,and theCommittee recommended the reduction to the Town Board, now therefore
be it
Resolved, that the Ithaca Town Board requests thatTompkins County forward to New York State Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Division the Town’s request to extend the school
zoneon Winthrop Drive at the intersection of Brandywine Drive / Sandra Place to include the intersection of Winthrop Drive/Brandywine Drive to a school zonespeed limit of20 m.p.h.
Moved: Eric LevineSeconded: Susie Gutenberger
Vote: ayes- Howe, DePaolo, Levine, Johnson and Gutenberger