2019-05-16 Gary and Leanne Collenborne1
Charlene Way
From:Gary Collenborne <gwc.imrc@centurylink.net>
Sent:Thursday, May 16, 2019 11:07 AM
To:Meridian City Clerk
Subject:Three Corners Ranch (H-2019-0006)
Dear Planning and Zoning Commission:
I am writing to express my opposition to the planned Three Corners Ranch development with regard to the
traffic flow into and out of the proposed subdivision. The plan ignores several existing stub-streets around the
perimeter of the plat and limits all ingress/egress to the subdivision to two routes, one on the east side and
one on the west.
The proposed west route is Dunwoody Court, which is a narrow, winding road with heavy landscaping (and
numerous blind-spots) along its route and currently has no sidewalks, no street lights, and no speed calming
measures. Its already fairly heavily trafficked and the 25 mph speed limit is routinely ignored. The lack of
cross-streets or any traffic calming measures seems to give drivers the idea that they have a short stretch of
open road on which they can “let ‘er rip”.
The road is also heavily used by pedestrians. There are several families with childre n in Dunwoody Subdivision
who must walk on the road to and from school or the school bus, which only stops at the Locust Grove
entrance to Dunwoody Court on its west terminus. Children often play on or near the road. In addition,
numerous people from the Dunwoody Subdivision and adjacent neighborhoods use the road to exercise or
walk dogs because it is currently an attractive, shaded, relatively quiet, relatively low-traffic walking route.
There is no parking available along the street so landscapers, delivery vehicles, and other service providers
must park in one lane of the road and place traffic cones to warn and route traffic into the other lane around
their vehicles and equipment. It is not a safe roadway.
The vehicle/pedestrian mix on Dunwoody Court is already an ongoing safety concern within Dunwoody
Subdivision. Its popularity with pedestrians combined with existing vehicular traffic and speeding issues in the
neighborhood are on the agenda of nearly every subdivision meeting. In 2018 the Subdivision requested
more/better signage from ACHD to help with the problem. The request was denied. Injecting another 250-
300 vehicle trips per day onto a road ill-suited for the traffic mix it already bears is a recipe for
disaster. Somebody will very likely be seriously injured or killed on Dunwoody Court if this plan goes
forward. We just hope it’s not a child.
Sincerely,
Gary and Leanne Collenborne