East Lyme Central Office Site East Lyme, CT Existing Conditions Report

East Lyme Central Office Site

East Lyme, CT Existing Conditions Report

Kaestle Boos Associates, Inc. Final

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Located immediately adjacent to the Flanders Elementary School, the facility shares an access drive from

Boston Post Road and a parking area with the Elementary School.

Overview:

The Central Office is located south of Flanders Elementary School and fronts directly onto Boston Post

Road. Parking for the facility in an extension of the elementary school’s parking lot and is accessed from

a shared entrance drive. A handicapped parking space has been delineated; however it is not compliant

with current State standards. Additionally, there are steps at the building entrances with no provisions for

handicapped access. Circulation on the site is difficult with vehicular and pedestrian cross circulation

patterns with limited directional signage. Site improvements, including walkways and paved surfaces are

in relatively poor condition as they are cracked and irregular.

Site location

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Existing Site:

Shared access

drive

Parking area and

pedestrian access

Flanders Elementary

School

View of the Central Office

from the access drive

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Bituminous pavement is

cracked and irregular

Catch basis rim is

raised from paved

surface

Stairs at all exterior

entrances

Concrete walkway

surfaces are cracked

and irregular

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Vehicular Circulation:

Entrance drive from Boston Post Road is shared with Flanders Elementary School.

Vehicular circulation routes are confusing as ones enter the elementary school parking area and bus loop.

Vehicular directional

signage is limited

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Parking:

The parking area dedicated to the Central Office is not well defined and internal circulation is confusing.

Pedestrian Circulation:

Pedestrian circulation routes are limited to a concrete walkway along the front of the building with

connections to the parking area in the rear and Boston Post Road.

Access and vehicular

circulation is not well

defined within the

parking area

Provisions for

pedestrian access are

limited

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A vehicle is parked adjacent to the main entrance, blocking portions of the pedestrian walkway.

General Conditions:

Exterior improvements, including paved surfaces, drainage structures, handrails and landscaped areas are

aged and generally in poor condition. Bituminous and concrete surfaces are extremely irregular as the

pavement materials are cracked. Evidence of ponding is observed within the parking area where the base

material has settled.

Handicapped Accessibility:

Provisions for handicapped access are limited. A single parking space has been designated for

handicapped individuals however it does not meet the current Federal and State dimensional

requirements. Additionally, the space does not have the required sign and an accessible route has not

been provided from the parking space to a building entrance.

Main entrance

Walkway to Boston

Post Road

Existing handicapped

parking space is not in

conformance with

current design standards

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Recommendations:

� Additional signage should be installed to improve way finding to the parking dedicated to the

Central Office and the main entrance.

� The layout of the parking should be reviewed to create a better separation between Flanders

Elementary School and improve vehicular circular patterns.

� Deteriorated pavement surfaces should be repaired or replaced to provide safe pedestrian and

vehicular travel routes.

� Provisions for handicapped access should be constructed in accordance with current design

standards, including parking spaces, accessible routes and curb ramps.

Main entrances from

the parking area are not

handicapped accessible

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