HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-09-19 Public Comment - D. Wilmington - Cottonwood Road Construction PlanFrom:agenda@bozeman.net
To:Agenda
Subject:Thank you for your public comment.
Date:Monday, September 09, 2019 11:09:06 AM
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Form Name:Public Comment Form
Date & Time:09/09/2019 11:09 AM
Response #:275
Submitter ID:20488
IP address:69.144.80.178
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Public comment may also be given at any public meeting.
Email:
agenda@bozeman.net
Mail to:
Attn: City Commission
PO Box 1230
Bozeman, MT 59771
In-person delivery to:
Attn: City Commission
City Clerk's Office
City Hall, Suite 202
121 N. Rouse Ave.
Bozeman, MT
First Name David
Last Name Wilmington
Email Address dmwilmington11@gmail.com
Phone Number 8322178188
Comments
Good morning,
I'm writing to urge the Commission to consider and to pursue the change proposed by Petra Academy to
the construction plan on Cottonwood near Durston.
Creating a left-turn lane onto Classical Way would be a far more reasonable and community supporting use
of the funds already committed to creating a left-turn lane onto Waters St. - and not solely because of
Petra Academy. Classical Way is far more than a "dead-end street," since the number of regular and special
events for which it is the sole access involves hundreds of Bozeman families every week.
Every weekday at precisely the most congested times of day, more than 100 vehicles need to turn onto and
exit from Classical Way - the only means of access to the school and Bronken Field - within the same 30-40
minute span. And, as the Petra proposal points out, several groups (some of them adding another 20-30 or
more cars) use Bronken Field and rent the Petra athletic field and gymnaisum for practices, games,
tournaments, and camps.
This is a point of highly concentrated community activity.
At no time of the week does Waters St. need to accommodate such congestion, and, obviously, there are
multiple choices for entering Valley West - but only one entrance and exit for Classical Way. I suspect that
whatever pre-project traffic data the city or engineers gathered for this construction shows clear and
dramatic numbers backing up my comparison here.
As the proposal letter from Petra points out, the traffic created by the new high school within the next
calendar year will make any current plans for eventual traffic patterns (such as Classical Way users driving
all the way to the Oak St roundabout to circle back south) unlikely to succeed.
By my estimate, based on 2 years of use by my children and by me, the land and buildings only accessible
via Classical Way serve, on a weekly basis, at least 200 families - with 130 or more of those families entering
and exiting multiple times a day, every weekday, during "rush hour."
I hope the Commission will act accordingly to support such an important, well-used, and well-maintained
community center by changing the construction plans to create a left-turn lane onto Classical Way.
Thanks for your time and consideration.
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Thank you,
City Of Bozeman
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