HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-15-26 Public Comment - M. Johnson - Some thoughts on the traffic on Flanders Mill From: Meredith Johnson
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Cc: Courtney.iohnson.MT(abgmail.com
Subject: [EXTERNAL]Some thoughts on the traffic on Flanders Mill
Date: Wednesday,April 15,2026 4:29:02 PM
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To whom it concerns,
I was sorry to miss the city meeting last night but wanted to share my
experience with the increased traffic on Flanders Mill. I have been
teaching at Willson Preschool for 15 years and was on the parent board for
5 years before that. We have had a front row seat to the changes to the
area and Flanders Mill specifically. What was once a gravel road with a
beautiful row of trees is now a thoroughfare. Our greatest concern is at
lunch time; we stand on the playground and watch high schoolers driving
erratically, often trying to zip through our parking lot to avoid the line of
cars at the stop sign at Durston. When the weather is nice they are
hanging out of windows, doors and from the backs of trucks.
I understand that "kids will be kids" but I do think it's just a matter of time
before something awful happens.
We of course at the preschool are especially concerned when the vehicles
tear through our parking lot (we are located in Christ the King Lutheran
Church). Even when the gate that the church installed is closed, cars will
go around it to the north of the gate driving out on the grass. We have
young, unpredictable kids that are being dropped off and picked up and it's
terrifying. Once one of our parents tried to motion to one truck to slow
down and they were flipped off.
It's not an awesome situation. And short of Ms. Schnee taking away the
free lunch from students at GHS I'm not sure how to instill a sense of
respect and concern for others.
I do appreciate you taking a look at this matter and trying to do something
to protect everyone who lives on and uses Flanders Mill.
Thanks,
Meredith Johnson, co-director
Willson Preschool
406.579.0135