PWA - CPS SW Elementary School\Dwg\x6798

Bus / Service Loop Thornbrook Parkway Options 1. Extend Road to Rt KK (Currently Required by City) 2. Expanded Parent Drop Off Loop 3. Cul‐de‐Sac (min. city requirement)  Separate Bus/Service Traffic from Pedestrian Vehicles  Provides for Parking Overflow for Evening Events (~130 cars)  Separate Intersection for Buses  Potential Add’l Future Parking Inside Loop  Connectivity – Access – Road Capacity  Road Access for School  Shortcut Through Thornbrook Terrace to School  Potential Dangerous Access at Rt. KK  Security Concerns for School (CPS and CPD)  Impact to Tree Buffer  Thornbrook Parent Drop Offs without exiting neighborhood  Limited # of cars ‐ discourage shortcut thru neighborhood  Smaller Size Means Shorter Waits to Drop Off Versus Front Door‐Might Encourage Non‐Thornbrook Resident Use  School Staffing Two Parent Drop Off Sites  No Thru Traffic  Little Drop Off Capacity – Discourage People Outside Thornbrook from Using as Drop Off  Little Capacity for Thornbrook Parent Drop Offs  Could Create Backup Problems if People Use for Drop Off Anyway  School not Staffing Two Parent Drop Off Sites Miscellaneous Items  Playgrounds South and West  Sidewalk Connectivity  Landscape Buffer – North Side  Tree Buffer – West Side  Pedestrian Crossing  Flashing School Zone Indicators Parking Lots – Main (200 cars), South (30 cars) Rt KK / Scott Blvd – Required Round‐a‐Bout (Ref. ‐ Millcreek Elem. ~ 100 cars) (City Requirement ~118 cars) Minimize noise for adjacent properties to the north Will connect Thornbrook Parkway sidewalks to school for neighborhood walkability Will provide natural landscape buffer along north property line Will protect Tree Buffer as much as possible – required to maintain 25% Proposed to provide crossing at Abbington Terrace Proposed on Scott Blvd to slow traffic each side of pedestrian crossing  Add’l capacity for Parent Drop Offs  Extra parking for evening events  Provides All Right Turns In and Out of School – No Left Turns Crossing Traffic  Separates Vehicle Entrance from Pedestrian Crossing at Abbington Terrace  Removes School Entrances from Rt KK and Scott Blvd  Long Drive for Stacking Cars for Parent Drop Offs (60+ cars) (Ref. ‐ Millcreek Elem. ~ 20 cars)

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