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080 <br /> <br />The police and fire departments will be notified of construction <br />at least one month in advance, as to the particulars of the <br />project (i.e., project time schedule, and areas to be disrupted, <br />etc.). This action would give the police and fire departments <br />sufficient time to notify its personnel of any significant <br />impediments to traffic. <br /> <br />The City will notify the police department at least 48 hours in <br />advance of any turning changes. A minimum of three signs are <br />required for each indicated change and/or prevention of <br />movement. <br /> <br />Construction will be staged so that only limited segments of the <br />roadway are affected at any one time. <br /> <br />So <br /> <br />Traffic control plans will be prepared prior to each phase of <br />construction. All traffic warning and control devices should <br />comply to the provisions of the State of California Manual of <br />Traffic Controls. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />The Orange County Transportation District will be notified <br />prior to the initiation of project construction so that <br />arrangements can be made for alternative bus routes and <br />interim bus stop locations, if necessary. <br /> <br />Rationale <br /> <br />The disruption to local traffic and circulation during the construction <br />phase of this project will be unavoidable, but of limited duration, <br />approximately 9 to 12 months per phase. Careful planning of each <br />phase of construction, with respect to traffic control measures, can do <br />much to minimize this disruption. It is possible to maintain up to <br />20,000 vehicles/day of through traffic, during construction, if lane <br />controls, detours, construction staging, length of construction segments, <br />construction scheduling, etc. is managed carefully. This will allow <br />Bristol Street to continue to carry a large volume of traffic, helping to <br />maintain local business activity and ensuring satisfactory access to local <br />homesites while allowing for substantial commuter traffic. <br /> <br />Advance notice to motorists via signs, newspaper ads, etc. will provide <br />the motoring public with the ability to plan their trips through the <br />Bristol Street corridor, and make appropriate changes in their trip <br />schedules, trip routes, or mode of transport, such as ridesharing to <br />reduce the overall number of vehicles on the local roadways during the <br />departments, the local ambulance companies, and the Orange County <br />Transit District will enable these critical service agencies to plan <br /> <br />14- <br /> <br /> <br />