Road Closures poly data

Jennifer_Parmeley

The Road Closures solution needs a polygon layer.

Our specific need for this is to mark areas that are closed due to an event (1) or to indicate that there is a work crew (2) in this area, so folks need to use more caution.
1. an event could be a parade route and include that route as a line but also an area that includes the street parking, maybe a couple of intersections, and the parking lots (where folks are unloading and setting up) that are associated with that parade.
2. Maintenance crews cannot always predict the progress that they will make in a day. Designating an area for "extra" caution is easier than saying THIS one street and MAYBE this other street. Allowing an area means we can be more responsible in communication to customers.

I'll be editing the json to add a poly layer to the layer group that is in the solution. I want a nice tidy service and not a group layer and then a poly layer. Please include a poly layer in this space. It doesn't have to have much in it, I can extend the layer once it exists. From what I see in the community adding a poly layer through editing the json may or may not work. I'm asking for some forethought and planning; give us the poly layer before we need it.

ScottOppmann · ‎09-08-2025

Jennifer -

The Road Closures solution is designed to maintain a comprehensive inventory of road closures and share authoritative closures with leading consumer mapping applications. I don't anticipate us adding a polygon feature that would allow you to capture an area that might be impacted. Saying that, sharing your closures (linear features) with Esri's Community Maps Road Closures Live Feed helps you syndicate that data broadly and increase awareness when residents and visitors are in the area.

If you want to capture more detailed event maps, I would take a look at our Special Events solutions. They contain a series of layers that help you develop event maps like you describe.

Special Event Permitting can be used to collect special event permits, manage the permit review process, and promote special events occurring in the community. It contains a Special Event Site Map Editor you could use to develop special event site maps.

Special Event Operations can be used to develop event operational maps for police and fire agencies and increase situational awareness during special events. It contains Event Operations Maps you could use to capture special event site maps and security plans.

One final note - the special event solutions also use the same road closures layer used in the Road Closures solution so any closures captured for an event can be shared broadly.

Scott

Jennifer_Parmeley · ‎09-08-2025

Hi @scon and thank you for following up on this.

We deployed Road Closures so we could use the schema and Community Maps to send data to Waze. I've spent a good deal of time adding fields and domains to Road Closures, so it meets the specific needs of our community and can be used by our editors. We had a system (editing and public application) in place before the push to submit to Waze came to our community. My goal was to extend the RC solution without overhauling all the language and function the editors and the community are acquainted with. I am not, at this time, up for starting over with a new solution. If there is a way to merge the two solutions - so I can get what I need and don't have to start over (or potentially break things editing a json) that would be great! I'd love to hear about it, asap ... as in last week. I have a ticket in with ESRI about this, backing up a solution fc and extending a solution, but I have not heard back from the analyst.

Again, thank you for your time.

ScottOppmann · ‎09-10-2025

If you deployed version 2.0 of the Road Closures solution, you can deploy the Special Events solution and it will use the layer provided with Road Closures. You can then keep the workflows you describe for road closures and add any new workflows for the Special Events maps.

ahargreaves_FW · ‎10-15-2025

Hey @ScottOppmann ,

Can the Road Closures solution be updated to allow for 'alerts' to be added to this service here:

https://fairfaxwater.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=06723334075647738cec1259078c4dbe

We're looking to replicate the 'Add Alert' capability of the partner hub map which allows us to add point features in specific locations representing water main break repair locations. The ArcGIS Solution only allows for line features representing full street closures.