[Vision2020] Public Works Meeting

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What exasperates me about the city's attitude to the problem at D street and 
Mountain View is that apparently those that should have, have not spent much 
or anytime observing on weekday mornings and afternoons when traffic and 
children are at their highest.  Should you doubt the problem, when school 
starts, go and look for a morning or two.

But J Ford should not be surprised considering the length of time to put a 
crosswalk across the Moscow-Pullman Highway near Tri-State.  It was nice to 
get a cross walk and paths, but a pedestrian activated crosswalk stoplight 
on demand would lessen the problem that still exists.

W.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 11:52 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Public Works Meeting


>I watched the PW Committee meeting today and wondered just who the City
> Staff thinks they work for.  It certainly did not look like they were
> working for the safety and/or good will for the citizens.  When the
> discussion turned to a need for a four-way Stop sign on "D" and Mt. View, 
> it
> got kinda muddled as to why it was such a question - the safety of the
> children and drivers who use that intersection SHOULD be the primary
> concern.  But even the Mayor seemed to think that the three or four people
> who spoke up for the Stop sign were off base.  And Walter Steed had some
> interesting notes but even he seemed confused about his stand - 40(+) 
> people
> in the space of 45min for one intersection is nothing to ignore and yet he
> thinks it is.
>
> The fact that several people pointed out there are now four/five different
> places of congregating children and families in that immediate area should
> dictate the City needs to be cognizant of the safety issue that people 
> face
> every day at that intersection.  As two people pointed out, the area is
> expanding and more people are moving into the area almost daily.  All this
> does is increase the traffic in and out of the area and it should make 
> sense
> to people that that traffic needs to be better controlled.
>
> I would hope the entire City Counsel saw it as the Committee Members 
> seemed
> to feel - the need is there and it would behoove the City to, for once, 
> use
> preventative medicine BEFORE we have a child or car flattened.
>
> BTW - did anyone realize that the speed limit on that road is 35mph!? 
> Seems
> a might fast to me.  Especially considering there are children in that 
> area
> rather heavily during a major part of the year and during the daytime.
>
>
>
> J  :]
>
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