To provide safety improvements for the crossings at Broadway-Brazil Street and Chevy Chase Drive located within the City of Glendale in the County of Los Angeles. The new crossing upgrades will restrict drivers from circumventing the entrance gates when they are lowered, provide adequate timing for proper clearance of pedestrians and vehicles before train arrivals, reduce vehicular movements conflicting with track clearance operations, improve overall traffic safety for train, vehicles, and pedestrians. The improvements of the project consist of safety enhancements to the existing at-grade highway-railroad crossing.

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Broadway-Brazil Crossing

1. Widen Broadway between Concord Street and the San Fernando Road West to increase roadway capacity and to accommodate truck turning maneuvers.
2. Install raised medians at the crossing to restrict drivers from circumventing the railroad gates.
3. Upgrade the lighting at the crossing to improve safety.
4. Modify the traffic signal at the San Fernando Road/Broadway intersection to improve traffic operations.
5. Prepare for future traffic signal installation at the West San Fernando Road/Brazil Street intersection by the City of Los Angeles.
6. Upgrade railroad crossing gates and signals.
7. Modify the San Fernando Road/Broadway intersection geometry as follows:
   • Widen the west side of San Fernando Road north of Broadway for a southbound right-turn lane.
   • Widen the north side of Broadway between San Fernando Road and Concord Street for a westbound right-turn lane.
   • Modify the curb return radii at the northeast and southeast corners of the San Fernando Road and Broadway intersection to shorten pedestrian crossing distances.

Chevy Chase Crossing

1. Install raised concrete median islands at the crossing to restrict drivers from circumventing the railroad gates.
2. Install pedestrian sidewalks including curb and gutter and accessible ramps.
3. Modify signing and striping on Chevy Chase Drive.
4. Upgrade railroad crossing gates and signals.

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• November 8, 2012 meeting for Safety Enhancements at Broadway-Brazil Street and Chevy Chase At-Grade Railroad Crossings Project
• March 27, 2013 meeting for Broadway-Brazil and Chevy Chase Drive Railroad Crossings Safety Improvements Project

• Broadway-Brazil Street Crossing: May 2013 to August 2013
• Chevy Chase Drive Crossing: September 2013 to November 2013

• Public Works Engineering Division, Gary Edsall, Construction Services Manager (818) 548-3945
• Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink), Kim Chan, Project Manager (909) 394-3280
• Public Works Community Outreach, Yvonne Guerra (818) 548-3945