23 <br />proposed PUD and providing the only access to the PUD dwellings, the City <br />found that the only way to have a safe transportation system is to have a 45 feet <br />wide right-of-way. That right-of-way must also have a paved section with <br />curbs, gutters and sidewalks. Without those improvements, the vehicles, <br />bicyclists and pedestrians "will not be assured of safe access via Oakleigh <br />Lane." Rec p 1257 (emphasis added). <br />The EPWD had no such concerns for the rest of Oakleigh Lane. That <br />section, which already exists and runs from the property's western border to <br />River Road, will be used by all 168 of the estimated daily trips generated by the <br />proposed PUD. The existing portion of Oakleigh Lane was not built to current <br />City standards and here is what the EPWD said about the safety of that <br />segment, <br />"Oakleigh Lane has an approximate 19 foot wide paved surface, <br />but has not been improved to city standards, lacking curbs and <br />gutters, storm drainage, sidewalks, and street trees. As is typical <br />for unimproved local streets in the River Road area, i.e., those <br />streets which do not have paving, curb & gutter and sidewalks or <br />which have not been striped to identify dedicated travel lanes; the <br />expectation is that pedestrians and bicyclists will share the paved <br />surface with vehicles. Additionally, there is a tendency on dead <br />end streets such as Oakleigh for motorists to travel at slower, more <br />cautious speeds, because of the perceived narrowness of the street. <br />Until such time that property owners elect to improve Oakleigh <br />Lane to full City standards; including sidewalks, the existing paved <br />surface in Oakleigh Street will continue to adequately provide for <br />motorized and foot traffic, as well as for emergency vehicles and <br />OCTOBER 2014 <br />