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I Highway 96 - Roadway Treatments / Guidelines . October 2, 1995 . Page 10 - I In addition to their symbolic significance, intersections also represent points of . congestion and conflict. The need to make decisions, signal lights, signs, turning and crossing vehicles, and bicyclists and pedestrians, all contribute to a frequently I confusing and complex situation. Therefore, although intersections warrant special design treatments, care needs to be exercised not to aggravate the already complex environments at intersections. A key design principle, in dealing with I intersection treatments, should be to promote simplicity and clarity and not to add overly distracting features or clutter. The three components, at major intersections, which should be considered for I enhancements or special treatments include the following: pavement, traffic signals/lights, and landscaping. All of these treatments would qualify for State I Aid funding and would be maintained by the County. A. PAVEMENT TREATMENTS AT INTERSECTIONS I Pavement treatments can be a very excellent way to add color and texture to a streetscape. However, special pavements, generally, are effective only where e. they can be seen at close range or where there is a lot of bicylist and pedestrian traffic. In roadway corridors, where most of the viewers are traveling at 30, 40, or 50 miles per hour, such as will be the case in the Highway 96 corridor, special I pavement treatments may hardly be noticed and would not be a cost-effective way to spend limited resources. The one special pavement treatment, which might be considered, would be to . incorporate integrally-colored concrete, in order to add color and special I emphasis, to the intersection areas. One way to do this would be to establish a zone, possibly defined by a radius around the intersections, in which all pavement, which is intended to be concrete, would be constructed of integrally- I colored-concrete. Thus, concrete roadway pavement, concrete medians, walkways, and trails within this zone would be constructed of integrally-colored-concrete, in one or more colors. I In order to provide design continuity and to allow for later installation of these treatments by the cities as they develop specific plans for intersection areas, . design guidelines will be developed during the design development phase and the guidelines and specifications will be made available to all the cities in the corridor. I -. I