{"id":609,"date":"2013-07-23t13:45:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-23t18:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snyder-associates.u5fz9z3h-liquidwebsites.com\/?post_type=snyder-projects&p=609"},"modified":"2024-08-13t07:58:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13t12:58:39","slug":"magazine-road-cherry-street","status":"publish","type":"snyder-projects","link":"\/\/www.dicovercards.com\/projects\/magazine-road-cherry-street\/","title":{"rendered":"guided by context-sensitive solutions, street upgrades in the city of ankeny focus on the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

new roadway design creates better access to ankeny schools<\/span><\/h2>\n

the city of ankeny<\/a> partnered with snyder & associates to design and oversee the construction of new 世界杯足球比赛预选赛 infrastructure supporting the new ankeny high school and southview middle school on the north side of the prairie trail development. prairie trail is a low-impact development<\/a> that uses the concepts of context-sensitive solutions (css) that advocate for the creation of communities where people can drive, bike, or walk to home, work, and school<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

the main portion of the infrastructure project included new sanitary and storm sewers<\/a>, along with new pavement on\u00a0sw magazine road, from sw state street to u.s. route 69 (ankeny boulevard). a new section of cherry street, linking sw magazine road and sw ordnance road, was also designed to provide access to and between the two new school facilities. since sw magazine road provides the most direct 世界杯足球比赛预选赛 access to both schools, the intersection at ankeny boulevard and sw magazine road\u00a0also needed to be\u00a0widened to add turn lanes and\u00a0traffic\u00a0signals.<\/p>\n

clean aesthetics and safe traffic flow dominate design concept<\/span><\/h2>\n

to handle the projected increase in traffic with the construction of the new schools, the design team was faced with multiple challenges in blending the safe movement of traffic<\/a> around and through the school area while keeping css concepts at the forefront of the analysis, including:<\/p>\n