
{"id":1146,"date":"2007-10-18T07:13:09","date_gmt":"2007-10-18T15:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2007\/10\/18\/speed-table-for-oak-avenue-wins-approval\/"},"modified":"2007-10-18T07:13:09","modified_gmt":"2007-10-18T15:13:09","slug":"speed-table-for-oak-avenue-wins-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2007\/10\/18\/speed-table-for-oak-avenue-wins-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed table for Oak Avenue wins approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Kirk Ross<\/em><br \/>\nStaff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a campaign by residents of Oak Avenue to try to get a handle on out-of-control traffic and speeding on this quiet, narrow mill village street, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen agreed unanimously to build a speed table and step up traffic enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of Oak Avenue gathered at Town Hall Tuesday night where the board considered a staff proposal that did not include the speed table, but relied on heavier enforcement, possibly narrowing the intersection at North Greensboro and a neighborhood education program about the traffic problems.<br \/>\nA traffic analysis done by the town put it on the cusp for traffic-calming measures such as a speed table.<br \/>\nBut resident Chris Frank told the board the town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s analysis was flawed because it considered Oak Avenue a collector street, even though is far narrower than the town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s official description of a collector. Frank said he also doubted that the town would park a police cruiser on the street on a regular basis and that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s those using the street as a cut-through who need to be educated. He and his neighbors, he said, already are well aware of the problem.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Compounding the problem, Frank said, is that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153there is a curve right\u00c2\u00a0 where people are going faster.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I hope you show us government in action tonight,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Frank said.<\/p>\n<p>His neighbor, Arlene Furman, who is visually impaired, said the speeders worry her because her home is right on the curve.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that in the search for a site for the speed table, town officials said they would not want to place the table too close to anyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s driveway.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel it would be an infringement,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said, if the town wanted to put the table on the edge of her driveway.<\/p>\n<p>Board member Alex Zaffron said that it is traditional for the board to err on the side of the neighborhood\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s request in such cases. The board adopted a plan that includes the speed table, more enforcement and asks planners to look at narrowing the intersection at North Greensboro.<\/p>\n<p>The speed table, which will be similar to one on High Street, will cost an estimated $2,500. The town has not yet set a timetable for construction.<\/p>\n<p>In other action Tuesday night the board:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set a public hearing for November 27 on amending the town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sight-distance requirements in its land use ordinance;<\/li>\n<li>Authorized the sale of $2,590,000 in sidewalk bond anticipation notes to refinance existing notes due to mature;<\/li>\n<li>Appointed Catherine DeVine, Sriv Navaratnam and John Gant to the Board of Adjustment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kirk Ross Staff Writer After a campaign by residents of Oak Avenue to try to get a handle on out-of-control traffic and speeding on this quiet, narrow mill village street, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen agreed unanimously to build a speed table and step up traffic enforcement. 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