Dear City of Tualatin,

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Draft Tualatin Transportation System Plan. I appreciate the work that has been done to update the functional classifications for Leveton Drive and Tualatin Road. I would request one change be made to the draft TSP before it is considered for adoption:

• Remove the proposed traffic signal at Tualatin Road and SW 115th Ave.

Although this traffic signal has been proposed with good intentions, community members have identified a number of unintended consequences that would result from signalizing this intersection:

• Increased cut-through traffic in the surrounding neighborhoods
• Increased bypass traffic on Jurgens Ave and Hazelbrook Road
• Increased traffic in the School Zone at Hazelbrook Middle School
• Increased pedestrian risk to Hazelbrook Middle School students
• More brake dust, engine noise, car exhaust, and traffic collisions
• Increased air pollution in the areas downwind from this intersection
• Increased traffic congestion upstream from this intersection

The proposed traffic signal would do more harm than good, and the negative impacts would be detrimental to our community. We are opposed to this traffic signal, and we ask the City to remove it from the TSP.

These comments are directed specifically to the Tualatin TSP update. Inclusion in the Lam TUX file is not requested at this time.

Thank you for your consideration,