Work should begin in April or May and last 10 months to a year, according to Hu. The City Council is scheduled to award the construction contract on Feb. Pleasant Hill is using a $4.77 million federal grant, $1.3 million of local gas tax and traffic mitigation funds and $80,000 in state transportation monies to pay for the road improvement project. “It’s the most efficient use that we came up with,” Hu said.Īn analysis several years ago found that, on average, more than 14,000 vehicles use Golf Club Road and about 8,000 use Old Quarry Road every day. Many DVC students live in the two large apartment complexes on Old Quarry Road. Furthermore, the new configuration will be safer for pedestrians who will cross two, rather than four, lanes of traffic. Removing the stop sign at the intersection will speed up the flow of traffic, he added. The roundabout evolved from city staffers’ attempt to squeeze bike lanes onto Old Quarry Road, according to Eric Hu, the city’s senior civil engineer.
In addition to creating a roundabout at the intersection of Camelback and Old Quarry roads, the city will remove the existing island, reduce Old Quarry Road to one vehicle lane in each direction, put in bike lanes and new sidewalk on both sides of the roadway and add a landscaped median. Students frequently use Old Quarry Road, which connects Golf Club Road and Chilpancingo Parkway, to bypass traffic on Contra Costa Boulevard. Construction is scheduled to begin in the spring. An artist’s rendering of the roundabout Pleasant Hill plans to put in at the intersection of Old Quarry and Camelback roads, near Diablo Valley College. Peer Review: If your class did peer review, include information about the peer review process.PLEASANT HILL - The city plans to put in its first roundabout as part of a project to ease traffic congestion and increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists near Diablo Valley College.How does your article compare to earlier versions? Summarizing your contributions: include a summary of your edits and why you felt they were a valuable addition to the article.Critiquing articles: What did you learn about Wikipedia during the article evaluation? How did you approach critiquing the article you selected for this assignment? How did you decide what to add to your chosen article?.Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.Ĭonsider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment: Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes - ~~~~. Leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Choose at least 2 questions relevant to the article you're evaluating.Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?.Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article? Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?.Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?.Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?.Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?.Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?.Choose an article, and consider some questions (but don't feel limited to these):.Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
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