MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Caltrans is inviting the community to a meeting to discuss a proposal for a roundabout at the intersection of Highway 29 and Hartmann Road.
The drop-in style meeting will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, at Middletown High School, 20932 Big Canyon Road.
There will be displays of the project and Caltrans staff will be on hand to answer questions.
Caltrans is proposing to install a roundabout to improve the intersection's safety and operation.
The proposal has been on the drawing board for several years as Caltrans has worked to find solutions for the intersection's high crash rate.
In October 2011 Caltrans completed the installation of a three-way stop at the intersection due to a high number of vehicle collisions that had earned the site an overall crash rate five times the state average. At the same time fatalities and injuries at the intersection were 15 and six times, respectively, the state average, officials said at the time.
If the project goes forward, it would be the county's fourth roundabout.
The first was installed by the city of Lakeport about a decade ago at the intersection of Lakeport Boulevard, Parallel Drive and Todd Road.
Caltrans installed the next two, at the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff in Nice, completed about three years ago, and at the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 29 in Upper Lake, which was finished last year.
For those unable to attend the meeting, the displays will be available on the project Web site at www.dot.ca.gov/dist1/d1projects/hartmann .
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Caltrans plans March 22 meeting on Highway 29/Hartmann Road roundabout plan
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