Berea public works committee approves three-way stop in local neighborhood
Jul. 12—Debra Murray
The Berea Public Works committee met on July 11 at 6 p.m. to discuss speed bumps, cutting trees and a schedule for spraying curbs and gutters.
In old business, a group from a local neighborhood had requested for a three-way stop at Cabernet and Vineyard Way, due to speeding. The committee voted to add a stop sign and a crosswalk to attempt to limit speeding and provide a designated space for children to cross safely.
A resident broke down the request to the committee following her neighborhood meeting.
"Eventually, where we landed, is what we would really like is just a three way stop where there's already one stop sign. So it would really just be two new stop signs at the corner of Cabernet and vineyard way," Heather Shields, resident of Berea said. "If we were to do that, those are the two main roads in and out of the neighborhood. People might not come to a complete full stop, but hopefully they'll at least slow down enough so if there's a older person walking around or a kid playing or even another car coming down; that will make people least slow down."
Council member Steve Caudill said that studies have proven that stop signs don't stop speeding, because drivers will immediately speed up after slowing down for the sign.
On Candlewood Drive, a request from the owner of duplexes to change parking to one side of the road was also discussed. The committee decided to leave the duplexes parking as it is currently.
Request for speed bumps and center-line stripping on Boone Street was discussed by member of the committee.
"We are not putting speed bumps on a major street. It doesn't work," Council member Jerry Little said.
The committee decided to wait to make a decision to see why a center-line had not been added to the road already. Caudill voiced that this issue had been complained about before and there were reasons for deciding not to do the center-line striping.
Several other agenda items were currently being taken care of, according to Little.
Adding a culvert — a tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railroad — on Blue Lick Road was previously approved in a city council meeting.
Trees in the ditch in need of being cut on Richmond Road are "being taken care of," Little said.
On Chestnut Street, adding a trim behind the black iron fence at North Broadway is currently being worked on, according to Little.
The committee also discussed which roads had priority to be worked on prior to school starting back in August. The committee plans to organize the list of roads sometime this week.
Little suggested that next year the committee decide what roads need black top earlier in the year.
The committee is considering hosting a special called meeting on Monday at 6 p.m. to put together a list of roads to have black topped.
