The Woodlands Township board of directors received and acted up a traffic control study from Harris County following two accidents in the past six months at the intersection of Kuykendahl Road and Creekside Green Drive during a Nov. 17 meeting.
Residents from Creekside Village spoke during the public comment section of the meeting to express frustration and concern with the safety of the intersection.
Tina Liu, an engineer with Harris County Engineer Department, said the study had to be delayed until school was back in session following the incident in May to get a better sense of accurate traffic numbers.
“We recommend [improvements to] the geometry of the road. .... People tend to shoot the left turn because they are waiting for so long. By tightening the intersection, we hope to reduce that tendency,” Liu said.
Liu said immediate improvements include expanding the existing reduced speed school zones, replacing existing static school zone signs with flashing signs, painting new pedestrian crosswalk markings and working on operations on the intersections light signals to give pedestrians better opportunities to get through the intersection before vehicles get a green light.
