Downey installing roundabout at Rives & Quill

Downey is installing a roundabout at Rives Avenue and Quill Drive. (Photo by Alex Dominguez)

DOWNEY — Downey will soon be implementing a roundabout into its streets, with potentially more to come depending on its overall impact on traffic flow.

The Downey City Council last week unanimously approved an agreement with KOA Corp. for the design of a roundabout at the intersection of Rives Avenue at Quill Drive.

Council members had previously requested a roundabout at a city intersection to evaluate its effectiveness and for possible deployment at other locations.

The contract amounts to a total of $96,610. Total cost of the design phase of the proposed roundabout, inclusive of in-house staff time, is $105,000.

According to city staff, the roundabout will provide a traffic calming benefit on Rives Avenue, while impacting fewer on-street parking spaces than the previously considered intersection at Brookshire Avenue and Cherokee Drive.