124TH AVE/116TH ST: Highest crash rate in Kirkland From 2012 to 2014, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

124TH AVE/116TH ST: Highest crash rate in Kirkland

From 2012 to 2014, automobiles crashed 56 times in or near the intersection.

NE 116th St 124th Ave NE Slater Ave NE

0.0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5

OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT

Intersection has Kirkland’s highest average crash rate. Left-turns cause most of them.

• Avg. of 60 intersections

124th Ave/116th Street

crashes for every million trips

.55

crashes for every million trips

1.26

TURNING LEFT

Left-turns were responsible for 57 percent of crashes between 2012 and 2014.

crashes caused by left turns

32

crashes are rear-enders

11

crashes are caused by

• ther factors

13

THE EXISTING CONFIGURATION

Current confjguration of northbound channelization features one westbound turn lane, one thru lane and right eastbound turn lane.

THE NEW CONFIGURATION

Adds northbound bike lane, a second northbound to westbound turn lane and a northbound thru & turn lane.

PROJECT

CTR 0122 Totem Lake Intersection Improvements $3 million

IMPACT FEES EXTERNAL FUNDS TOTAL

$3 million $6 million *CTR 0092 NE 116thSt/124th Ave NE northbound dual left turn lanes $585,000 $790,000 $1,375,000 BALANCE (for TR 0122) $2,415,000 ** $2,210,000 $4,625,000

* subject project for this presentation ** unsecured external funds

IMPROVING TOTEM LAKE

Intersection project is eligible for impact fees and directly benefjts Totem Lake.