Drivers on Bronco Way will soon have to stop at Chivalry Drive.
City transportation staff plan to install an all-way stop at the intersection, with the work expected to be done by Friday, Oct. 30, according to the Friday Staff Report the interim city manager sent the City Council on Oct. 23.
The change follows a Sept. 28 question from Council Member Rumohr about making the crossing safer. Staff in Transportation Services audited the crossing, did an engineering review and watched the intersection while Denton High School classes were starting and ending. They counted about 20 students walking across Bronco Way in those windows.
The school-time speed limit there is already 20 mph, the report notes. What staff saw instead were conflicts: drivers on Bronco Way and cars pulling out of the student parking lot had trouble sorting out who should yield, and, most significantly in staff's view, motorists did not yield to people on foot, leaving pedestrians hesitating and confused about when to cross.
Other answers in the same report
The weekly memo also responded to several other neighborhood questions from council members:
- Forrestridge Drive: After Council Member Holland relayed concerns on Oct. 19 about speeding and drivers illegally passing school buses on the stretch from Wellington Oaks to Ryan Road, the Police Department said the stretch is being monitored and officers will act when they see violations. Police said they had received no complaints from Denton ISD's transportation department about buses being passed there.
- Sherman Drainage Basin: Code inspectors found trash, debris and standing water in the basin on Oct. 13. When the problems were still there at a follow-up visit, the homeowners association that owns the property received a notice of violation giving it until Nov. 3 to fix them. Inspectors plan weekly checks for the next three months, and Development Services has asked the HOA for a timeline to restore the basin.
- McMath Middle School track: Residents asking about new fencing were told the track sits on land that a 2025 swap transferred to Denton ISD. The city received land around the former Calhoun Middle School in the exchange, now named Congress Street Park.
Sources
lfpubweb.cityofdenton.com
cityofdenton.com
