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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-08-19 Public Comment - D. Dechenne - Cottonwood Road Construction PlanFrom:Dale Dechenne To:Agenda Subject:Left turn-Cottonwood Rd to Classical Way Date:Sunday, September 08, 2019 6:37:54 PM Attachments:letter to Bozeman commissioners 9-8-19.docx Please include the attached letter to the requests to the City Commissioners for a left turn ontoClassical Way from Cottonwood Rd. Thank you.Dale Dechenne Sunday, September 08, 2019 City of Bozeman Attn: City Commission P.O. Box 1230 Bozeman, MT 59771 Bozeman City Commissioners, It has come to my attention that, you do not at this time, plan a left turn lane onto Classical Way from Cottonwood Road. I implore you to reconsider this decision and add a left turn into Classical Way from the south on Cottonwood Road and a left turn onto Cottonwood Rd from Classical Way for northbound traffic coming out of Classical Way. Classical Way has no other access to a city street and the parents/visitors for Petra School and the use of Bronken Field have only Cottonwood Rd for access to this dead-end street. The traffic onto Classical Way during the school year is already very busy and there is no easy way to access Classical Way from the south if traffic is not allowed to make a left turn on Cottonwood Rd. Also, traffic wanting to go north from Classical Way for parents picking up their children from Petra or Bronken Field have no reasonable way to go north if they cannot make a left turn onto Cottonwood Rd. There are several schools within a few blocks, that make this a congested and dangerous area at the end of the school day. There are so many autos and children trying to cross/access/use Durston, this is a very dangerous area for people wishing to travel north. The new high school will greatly increase the danger when young drivers, always in a hurry and to often distracted by phones, radio or friends, try to move through this area. I understand there is a left turn planned for Waters Street. Please consider moving this left turn lane to Classical Way. There are other ways of accessing Waters street for the neighborhood, but there is only one way to access Classical Way and that is from Cottonwood Rd. Whereas, accessing Waters St would be used by a few of those in the neighborhood, Classical Way has many parents and students accessing it, all about the same time, twice a day and Classical Way has no other access to city streets. I pick up my granddaughter from Petra and have tried many different ways to go north from Classical Way. There is no reasonable route, the Ferguson/Durston intersection, at that time of the day, is backed up for several blocks and the next north/south route is 19th which is already very congested. If Cottonwood is extended far enough to connect with a cross street that can carry traffic around the congestion on Durston and the Durston/Ferguson intersection, that will help even with the new high school. However, unless there is a left turn onto Cottonwood Rd for traffic headed north, traffic will be forced to move through streets in the neighborhood, which have not been designed for trough traffic creating a dangerous situation for children walking home along those streets. It also will not relieve the extreme congestion on the Ferguson/Durston intersection that time of day. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely Dale Dechenne