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[Paul Howard]

Interesting. We’re one of the Dogwood Trail sites, and not one Dogwood tree in any of the plans.

[Paul Howard]

Speeding and reckless driving has been a hot topic on our Facebook page. People have discussed possibly approaching individuals about their speeding and aggressive driving. Food for thought on approaching any persons that are perceived as speeding or driving recklessly. Remember the times that we now live in and how people react differently. Consider the what may happen if you approach any person about these issues, their response/reaction may not be favorable. No ones safety is worth possible confrontation or harm.

If you feel it’s a important enough problem, we do pay county taxes for law enforcement to assist with these type of problems. All that is needed is to place a call, explain the situation and they could step up their patrols and presence to help curb any speeders, etc. The more they hear from us the more they will understand we have an issue that needs attention.

[Paul Howard]

C.L.
Has there been any word back from the Knox Co. traffic engineer about the much needed striping on Maloney, north of Montlake? The stripes have become impossible to see anymore. Thanks

[Paul Howard]

Good Points.
We have gone over and acted on some of these in the past.
Education.
From the minutes of 9/17/2013, concerning speeding in LMH:
“c. The LHHA had many opportunities to get to know each other through the successful
picnic, work on the new website, an active welcoming committee, the neighborhood
cleanup event, and the mail out addressing speeding in the peninsula.”
Engineering
From the minutes of – January 21, 2014 concerning Roadway Line Painting:
Roadway Line Painting (Ann Graf and Gene Burr )
“Dick Graf has constantly called the county to remind them of the need to paint centerlines and sidelines of our roads. They said that they would consider paint and rumble strips on the centerline of curves on Maloney. The county will also review putting two new speed limit signs on Maloney. They have announced this is a spring project.”

How many times do we have to request improvements for Safety before it’s to late? Maybe just the sight of an increased Law Enforcement presence would be the jolt some folks need, with or without ticketing.

[Paul Howard]

An officer from KCSO arrived in less than 30 minutes. I described what had happened and discussed how rare it is for anything like this happening in our area. He said that he would drive around the area some more and try to check back later to check the area again. I also informed him about our security cameras for the neighborhood for future reference if needed.

[Paul Howard]

All the items mentioned could be easily done by the county road dept. One would be, erect additional speed limit and pedestrian caution signs. New center stripes on Montlake and the north end of Maloney would be a nice addition also. The one thing that would be a great option to speed humps would be rumble strips. I’ve attached a couple of links as examples, these or even painted lines like them could get a visual point across. I feel this is an important subject for the neighborhood, due to the potential of speeding cars to walkers, bikers or other cars.

http://stop-painting.com/rumble-strips/traffic-rumble-strips.asp

http://www.trafficmarkings.com/permanent_rumble_strips.asp

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