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The Transportation Engineering Division fabricates, installs and maintains all regulatory, warning, & guide signs to current Federal standards for the safety and convenience of motorists and pedestrians, within the City limits. The City of Grand Junction street name signs are blue with the City Symbol on them and the Mesa County signs are green. (Helps to distinguish between City and County street name signs) We have over 18,000 signs which includes: 4811 Street Name Signs, 2472 Stop Signs, 1068 Speed Limit Signs, 280 Cross Walk Signs, 1319 Parking Signs (Various), 307 Bike Lane Signs, 322 One Way Signs, 270 Neighborhood Crime Watch Signs. The rest consist of various regulatory, warning and guide signs.

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Roadway Markings

Applying Crosswalk & Stop Bar with Thermo Machine

We also install and maintain all the roadway markings, in accordance using the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices Standards. Striping and marking starts around the 1st of May each year, and the type of markings includes: 415 crosswalks, 436 stop bars, 110 arrows, 10 merge symbols, 268 Right/Left turn bays, 284 Word "Only" and 694 Bike Lane Markings. We stripe 282 lane miles, (most markings are applied twice a year) using 5067 gallons of paint, and 21 tons of beads (retro-reflective glass beads mixed into the paint so you can see the stripes at night).

Traffic Signs

Will more traffic signs help?

Traffic signs are an important part of the driver information system on streets and highways. Signs provide drivers with the information to make the driving tasks easier and safer. This fact leads some people to believe that whenever more signs are put up, the streets are safer.

Traffic Engineers are frequently asked to place signs which confirm rules of the road or warn drivers of the obvious. This potential for the increase in unnecessary traffic signs has led to the establishment of nationwide standardized traffic signs and criteria for the installation of signs. Some of the most requested signs are discussed below.

Speed Limit Signs

Citizens frequently request speed limit signs lower than 20 mph on residential streets. The unposted speed limit on a residential street is automatically 30 mph and can be enforced. The City of Grand Junction will post speed limits lower than 30 mph on residential streets when the physical alignment suggests a need for lower speeds. The City will not post limits lower than 20 mph, as studies in many residential areas have shown that residents will drive at the speed they feel is safe and comfortable. The Police Department will not enforce an unreasonably low speed.

Most people believe that lowering speed limits and posting more speed limit signs will cause drivers to drive slower and reduce accidents. Facts indicate otherwise. Decades of research conducted in this country reveals that drivers are most influenced by roadway appearance, traffic, and weather conditions, NOT the posted speed limit.

"Children At Play" Signs

(Also includes, Deaf Child, Slow Children at Play, Blind Child, Etc.) Children playing is a condition drivers should reasonably expect to encounter in any residential neighborhood. Since children live on nearly every residential block, there would have to be signs on each street. Blocks with no signs might imply that children won't be playing there, so caution is unnecessary.

Federal standards reject Children at Play signs because they are a direct and open suggestion that playing in the street is acceptable behavior. Worst of all, the signs mislead parents and children to believe they have an added measure of protection which the signs cannot provide.

Most importantly, parents should teach children the dangers of playing in or near roadways and strongly discourage them from doing so. The City provides neighborhood parks where children can play safely with proper supervision. Safe playgrounds are also provided at many elementary school sites.

"No Parking" Signs

"No Parking" signs are placed most often for traffic safety or movement. They alert drivers to areas where parking a vehicle may be hazardous or impede traffic flow.

"No Parking" signs are not ordinarily installed at crosswalks, intersections, or moving traffic lanes, and parking is prohibited & you may be ticketed in any of the following places, without signing: On a sidewalk; Within an intersection; On a crosswalk; Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb; Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when parking would obstruct traffic; Within five feet of a public or private driveway; Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant; Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon or signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway; Within twenty feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station or, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within seventy-five feet of said entrance when properly signposted; Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; At any other place where official signs prohibit parking.

When considering traffic sign placement, traffic engineers must determine which signs are necessary based upon roadway conditions. The placement of too many signs or signs which are unnecessary teaches drivers to ignore all traffic control devices. Traffic signs uniformly and consistently placed fulfill a vital role in traffic safety.

Parking Restriction Signs

Handicap Signs
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More Information to be included later for the following:
Time restrictions
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Stop Signs

A stop sign can be one of our most valuable and effective traffic control devices when used at the right place and under the right conditions. It is intended to help drivers and pedestrians at an intersection determine who should yield the right-of-way.
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Requesting Signs & Reporting a Missing Sign

Contact the City of Grand Junction, Transportation Engineering Division, 2551 River Rd., Grand Junction, CO 81505, Phone: 970-256-4110. For more information contact Transportation Engineering

This Page Last Updated Thursday, May 29, 2008