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Today's Poll!Residents seek parking changes on Skyview Drive
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Residents on and near Skyview Drive expressed safety concerns Wednesday about the road, hoping to have some on-street parking removed.
About eight residents attended the Transportation and Traffic Commission meeting to voice their concerns about having parking on both sides of the street, where there are three curves on the road and a hill that blocks the line of sight when driving. The commission also received more than 35 written requests to address the parking issue on Skyview Drive.
Britt Smith, operations division director, said staff did not recommend a parking change on the street, as it is 36 feet wide and the city ordinance states a street needs a minimum width of 34 feet to have parking on both sides.
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ctygrl4ever 1 year, 1 month ago
It's very obvious that Mr. Smith' staff are living in a fantasy world. Just because a road is wide enough doesn't take into consideration the road itself. They evidently never bothered to drive that road at the busy times of day....especially with the torn up McCarty street. How about using a little common sense for a change instead of the cookie cutter ideas in this town. I am forced to use this road every time I go to see my parents. Maybe I'll give Walmart a call. Seems they're the only ones that get the attention of the powers that be as far as roads are concerned.
Sequoia 1 year, 1 month ago
Parking on both sides of a residential street is awful. So dangerous for pedestrians, children, bikes and pets. Especially late afternoon/early evening. Just because you CAN allow parking on a particular street doesn't mean you SHOULD, considering the neighborhood context.
So often city governments get confused. They serve cars instead of people.
JCLifer 1 year, 1 month ago
How about building some sidewalks on both sides of the street? That would help safety a bunch.
Another solution would be to just put in 3 or 4 more stop signs, and a couple of islands in that block. Having those extra stop signs on Country Club Drive at the Constitution and the Oak Valley intertsections really makes that road much safer. I can remember years ago wnen that same section of roadway was a US Highway, and the speed limit was 70 MPH there. Now we have added several stop signs and the brush-filled island of weeds on the end by Capitol Mall. That road is way much safer, even without sidewalks.
The last thing that should be done would be to lower the speed limit to 10 MPH or so. Lower speed limits always help too.
I am sure there is a good solution here.
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