FAQs

The project team is focusing on Steeplechase Drive between Colorado Boulevard (County Road 13) and Horizon Ridge Drive.

Steeplechase Drive is being addressed in response to resident concern, vehicle speeding and community growth.

In April and May of 2021, the project team collected data including traffic counts and speed monitoring on Steeplechase Drive. We have also changed yield signs on residential side streets intersecting with Steeplechase Drive to stop signs. Additional speed limit signs have been placed in the corridor, and the Windsor Police Department has been providing extra enforcement.

The road was built to accommodate roughly 8,000 vehicles per day. Data collected in spring 2021 showed about 3,000 vehicles traveling on Steeplechase Drive per day. The road is able to accommodate current traffic levels.

Within the next few months, the project team will install two speed feedback signs to encourage lower speeds in the corridor. The roadway will be restriped creating narrow vehicle lanes and providing buffered bike lanes. National data has suggested that narrowing travel lanes is an effective way to reduce traffic speeds. The project team will continue to work with Windsor PD to provide additional patrol in the area.

Restriping will take place in fall 2021. The long-term plan includes planning and installing crosswalks and collecting additional traffic data to see the impact of the traffic calming techniques.

Currently, speed bumps are not a control measure the Town of Windsor is using to calm traffic. Speed bumps can create additional noise, which we are trying to limit, especially in our residential communities. They require additional upkeep and costs. The team is looking to use different techniques that are just as, if not more effective, than speed bumps.