Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Traffic Issues at Kenna Ridge site
In light of recent issues in Cabell County at Milton Middle School, http://www.herald-dispatch.com/life/schools/x982387433/Flashing-light-to-be-turned-on-at-Milton-Middle-School , we hope that someone will look at the traffic situation at the Kenna Ridge site. It is a madhouse up there. You have people turning into the Exxon, getting on and off the interstate, coming out of side roads, and accessing the park and ride. When you take that into account, along with the traffic coming over the top of the hill, a person has to wonder what kind of safety issues and problems will occur when the school is put into the Industrial Park. Also, are the industrial businesses up there going to interrupt their flow of business and have their semis and heavy haulers make deliveries after hours? Or are our kids going to have that additional hazard while loading and unloading the school buses? We're also wondering how school buses are going to make the turn in and out of the road. Will road widening occur? If so, who will pay for it?
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If the school is eventually built at Kenna Ridge there will have to be a major change to the traffic pattern in the area. Making road changes that involve the WVDOH takes a long time, THEY go by the rules. They do a study which takes months--it involves getting statistics on traffic flow, amount of traffic, accidents per mile, etc. There will not be a study done before the school is built. Just like an evaualtion of the safety issues surrounding the school cannot be done until the actual building is there. Is that crazy or what? Then it is too late--the school should never have been built in the industrial park.
ReplyDeleteKenna residents will be demanding turn lanes and a stoplight if the school is built at Kenna Ridge!