99-110 DESIGNATING ALL-WAY STOP INTERSECTION - MACARTHUR ROAD AND ASH AVENUE

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. ' Page 2 The stop signs at Ash and MacArthur are necessary because sometimes it is almost impossible to get on to MacArthur. They would even like to see a traffic signal installed. They also discussed striping or putting signs on Ash to indicate that the road narrows. The major need is to reduce speed. Mr. James W. Layton, 498 Ash Avenue, has lived at this address since 1973. He has watched the neighborhood go downhill in recent years. He lives on the crest of a hill and can see oncoming traffic when he stands in his driveway, but not when he sits in his car. When he backs out of the drive, the traffic is so fast that they come up on his car immediately. He does not understand the lack of use of Mound Road, which is a four-lane road. From Mound to Route 51 there are about five or six houses, yet Ash has all the traffic. He believes it is because there is a traffic signal at the intersection. The traffic flow is avoiding the other situations and using Ash as a shortcut, which causes problems for the residential area. Ambulances also use that road going to DMH. He understands why Ash is used, but does not believe that is a good enough reason to cause an accident. There are many children in the neighborhood, some who ride the bus and some who walk to school. He would like a stop sign right by his house. A "no turn on red" sign on Route 51 at Ash would also help with the traffic flow. They are not fighting people from the area, but people who do not live anywhere near this neighborhood. When they put the traffic light on Mound and MacArthur, traffic on Ash picked up about 20 percent. He recommends stop signs at all intersections on Ash and no right turn on Route 51. As far as the accidents are concerned, he has seen a lot more that have occurred which have not been reported. It does not have to be a permanent thing,just an experimental thing. They want some kind of control to feel safe. Mr. Unruh wants to see the speed reduced to 25 mph, signals at the intersections and striping to avoid passing on the right side of the road. The residents are not doing this; it is people who are not residents. Mr. George Chiligiris, 428 Ash Avenue, mentioned there was a police car checking speeds on Ash at Newcastle, which netted six or seven tickets. He would like to see signs to stop at the intersections of Ash / MacArthur, Ash / Newcastle and Ash / Buckingham. There may be a problem with stopping on ice in the winter if a sign were put up to stop Buckingham traffic. When he goes up the hill, there will not be a problem if a sign is placed at these intersections so that Ash traffic has to stop. He believes these three all-way stops will avoid a lot of problems. � Mrs. Marilyn Dawson, 504 Ash Avenue, agrees with Chiligiris on placing signs to stop Ash traffic, because people are already going faster on a level surface, then at the top of the hill the speed is a lot more than 35 or 40 mph at the bottom of the hill. She believes this will solve some of the problem. Mrs. Mary F. Layton, 498 Ash Avenue, has noticed that when school children come home, there is a crosswalk. This is another issue to be added. If traffic were slowed at the Buckingham intersection, accidents would be avoided. Mr. George A. Stone, 385 Ash Avenue, believes there is a concern for safety of the school children, particularly at this intersection. He would like to have a temporary school crossing light if not a stop sign.