99-109 DESIGNATING THROUGH STREET - ASH AVENUE

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Page 3 Mrs. Debra Donnelly, 396 Ash Avenue, stated that the school crossing sign is in her yard. The cars do not pay attention to the school zone signs, so she does not believe cars will pay attention to a stop sign. She is opposed to a stop sign because cars will not stop. She thinks restructuring Ash is the best idea, such as speed bumps. Mr. George W. Acks, 310 Ash Avenue, has lived here since 1968, and has seen many accidents late at night and early in the morning. They use this road as a speedway. He has to go out of his way to get out of his driveway because the traffic is so bad. Mrs. Toni Nash, 476 Ash Avenue, has a son whose car was hit one night. She is concerned for her mother as she backs out of the drive because someone could come up and run over her. Mrs. Nash has almost been hit as well because the cars travel so fast. She would like to see speed bumps. Stop signs would help and are an excellent idea as well. Mrs. Jan Unruh, 426 Ash Avenue, is concerned that the narrowing of the street is a problem, because cars coming over the hill continually hit the curb or try to pass another vehicle on the right. She is afraid someone will run into their driveway, and their house was hit by a car in this way. She recommends slowing down the traffic, letting the motorists know this road narrows and they cannot pass on the right. They drive like it is a four-lane road, when it is not. She does not know if the striping would help. She believes a sign that says the road narrows or hidden driveway will not be ignored, as Newell suggests. Mr. Ken Reining, 376 Ash Avenue, would like to see no passing allowed along Ash. He lives at the top of the hill and cannot see. They have to back out on the wrong side of the road so they can see the oncoming traffic. Newell recommends an all-way stop should not be installed at the intersection of Ash/MacArthur because the volumes are not quite what would warrant an all-way stop according to the Federal Warrants. Staff feels that stop signs will only increase the accessibility of Ash Avenue traffic to get on to MacArthur and increase traffic on Ash. Staff does not feel it is necessary at this time. He recommends stop signs be installed at all intersections between Route 51 and MacArthur on the side streets. Traffic volumes on Buckingham are around 400 cars a day, 5,000 a day on Ash. To put a stop sign on Ash is begging for it to be ignored. A stop sign will only control speeds for a few hundred feet, as people are stopping and then accelerating again. There are better ways to do this instead of stop signs. Things can be done such as temporary medians so cars will actually have to go axound instead of having a straight shot. To make it work, it would have to be put several places through the entire length of the street, at almost every intersection. Speed bumps have not been given high marks from the Fire Department because they may tear up their equipment. According to the Federal Warrants, none of the intersections along the street warrant stop signs. Jimmy Sober does not believe these recommendations will meet the needs of the neighborhood. He is in agreement with putting in all the stop signs and then striping, plus he would suggest changing to a 25 mph speed limit.