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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-23-20 Public Comment - R. Walsh - Permanent Stop Signs at N Montana and N BozemanFrom:reno walsh To:Agenda Subject:Permanent Stop Signs Date:Thursday, July 23, 2020 1:05:09 PM Attachments:Screen Shot 2020-07-23 at 1.04.03 PM.png Hello, This email is from: Reno Walsh 724 N Bozeman Ave, Bozeman, MT 59715 406-580-5919 Permanent Stop Signs I would like to city commission to consider making the temporary four-way stops at four intersections on North Montana Avenue and North Bozeman Avenue north of Peach permanent. We requested temporary stop signs be installed during the construction on Rouse. They were and they have helped reduce and slow traffic significantly. Thank you. I understand there is a process for determining whether or not permanent stop signs are necessary. I amasking the city to forego this process and instead, just keep the stop signs that are already installed. Doing so will save us time and the taxpayer dollars a study would require. The immediate community fully supports the idea of making the signs permanent. Those who travel these streets on a regular basis are used to stop signs being there. The holes are dug. I will volunteer to replace the road construction company's stop signs with signs owned by city in the existing holes. The primary reason for requesting permanent four-way stops is safety. Infants, toddlers, and young children now live on three of the four corners. This area is also a corridor for kids that will pass through on their way to school or to the Storymill Park. Five years ago there were not many children in this neighborhood. That has changed. In addition, North Bozeman Avenue in particular has become a route for drivers that use the fairgrounds as an alternate route to and from Oak. Drivers also seem to use North Bozeman as their route to the center of downtown. Drivers traveling north or south on North Bozeman Avenue or North Montana tend to assume they have the right of way. A study to determine whether or not signs are necessary will not tell the whole story. A study will count the number of vehicles. A study will not measure the average vehicle speed or driver intent. A study will not show whether or not a driver intends to slow down or look both ways as they pass through uncontrolled intersections. A study will not show whether or not a driver is looking at their cell phone as they speed through an uncontrolled intersection that my daughter is crossing. Thank you.