During the last 5 months, our Traffic Calming Committee has been meeting with neighbors and getting everyone's opinions. We've now had 7 (seven!) neighborhood meetings and it's been a lot of work. After all the feedback, we have reached the conclusion that we need to focus efforts on the biggest problem areas only. We also need to implement a variety of options, strategically placed, such that the traffic conditions will improve and neighbors will be as minimally impacted as possible.
So with that in mind, here's the basics of what the draft plan includes:
** Traffic circles at the intersection of Ellwyn/Longview and Admiral/Longview (on the N. Shallowford end). See picture.
** Bike lanes on both sides of Longview (b/w 3-5 ft wide). Stripping lanes on a portion of Admiral (from Chamblee Dunwoody to Plantation).
** A traffic island on Longview, close to Admiral, on the Peachtree Blvd. end.
** Minimal traffic tables on Longview (4-5) and Admiral (2-3 from Chamblee Dunwoody to Plantation only) and Plantation (1-2) and Ellwyn (1-2).
We still have a long way to go in the process and the County will ultimately determine what is possible, based on engineering guidelines (see previous blogs).
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