Currently, MBB provides two westbound travel lanes east of Pacific Avenue. West of Pacific Avenue, two MBB westbound travel lanes merge into one through travel lane. The merging length is only about 60 feet. Due to the high demand of westbound through traffic, especially during the peak commuting periods (7-9 am and 4-6 pm), without a storage area for the westbound left-turn traffic, vehicles are queued into the 1st westbound through travel lane and tend to switch to the 2nd westbound through travel land by sudden speed up/slow down within the short merging area. This causes safety concerns and disturbs the traffic flow with sudden stop-n-go traffic patterns. The residents who live near this intersection constantly experience loud speeding/braking noises, and witness traffic accidents.
The purpose of this project is to improve the merging area along MBB at Pacific Avenue, reduce congestion, improve safety, and provide smoother traffic flow by reconfiguration of the intersection layout to create left-turn pockets for both east and west directions, with the signal upgrade. The map of the project location is provided in the Attachment.
