Your traffic safety input needed

[Thornhill Member]

This week, CDOT met with the Board's new traffic safety committee to discuss options for Thornhill.  While we wait for the Board to post the committee minutes, here is an update, as well as an invitation to share your feedback.

In spite of some Board comments to the contrary, CDOT confirms that speed humps are definitely out of consideration.  CDOT shared that Elmstone's traffic statistics fall at the low end of the urgency scale (two thirds of the streets CDOT studied recently had more serious problems).  They did express, however, a willingness to study multiple options and strategies in an effort to best meet our needs.
 
Before the committee meeting, some members received Board flyers inviting feedback and ideas.  Because not all of the community was invited to respond on the traffic calming issue, we asked CDOT if soliciting our group of 170 members by email would be timely and helpful.  They assured us that was the case.

We've gleaned several suggestions from the responses you've already sent re speed humps, and have collated them below.  If you have additional concerns, ideas, thoughts or needs, now is the time to speak up!   Please share which suggestions you support and oppose.

The next committee meeting is scheduled for Sept. 24, when CDOT intends to bring initial ideas for review.  Though some on the Board have expressed a desire to rush through another proposal, we believe the community must be given time to contribute and review any plan before implementation, especially as the Board will change hands in early October.  Not all suggestions are feasible, free, or affordable, so care must be taken to develop community consensus.

If you'd like your ideas considered, be sure to respond to this email.  As always, we will collate and forward your comments to the Board, the committee and CDOT, while continuing to advocate for open participation in matters affecting our community.

Thank you!

Charla Fisher
Terry Losardo

SUGGESTIONS FOR CDOT TO DATE

FOR                AGAINST      COMMUNITY-WIDE

 

____                _____           Repair spots where brick paver crosswalks join asphalt – ie, Elmstone, Thornhill Club, Summitt Tree, Stonepath

 

____                _____           Repair manholes where underlying concrete is exposed

 

 

ELM LANE AND ELMSTONE DRIVE

 

____                _____           Add light / crosswalk at Elm Lane & Elmstone crossing to Stonecrest

 

____                _____           Repair/shorten Elmstone Dr median that juts into Elm Lane

 

____                _____           Add “No Through Traffic” sign

 

____                _____           Add bike lanes to Elmstone

 

 

ELMSTONE DRIVE AT STONEPATH

 

____                _____           Add crosswalk across Elmstone

 

 

ELMSTONE DR, NORTH SIDE

 

____                _____           Investigate addition of sidewalk from Rosebriar to Stonepath Ln

 

____                _____           Adjust Summitt Tree/Elmstone intersection to increase visibility for cars turning onto Elmstone

                                               

 

 

ELMSTONE DRIVE AT THORNHILL CLUB

 

____                _____           Add 3-way stop sign with crosswalk on Elmstone

 

____                _____           Remove large shrubs at corner for visibility

 

 

THORNHILL CLUB AT MEADOW RUN

 

____                _____           Add sign indicating a Dead End or No Outlet

 

BALLANTYNE COMMONS PKWY

 

____                _____           Add "No Through Traffic" sign