HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-11-20 Joe Lorchor Ruddy Safety
Greenhead St(Stub Street)Ruddy Dr.(Stub Street)
•access point ONLYRuddy Dr. will be the •Therefore, Greenhead St will not be a second access point to distribute traffic from the west neighborhood•I will not give written permission
to annex my land•I do not use City water or City sewer•04My land is devoted to agriculture as defined in Idaho Code section 63•I am the owner, and my land is more than 5 acres
•getting hit or swiped by a car.a child, pedestrian, or bicyclist That is over 636 chances a day of •information on that.RUDDY DR. I could not find GENERATED TRIPS TRAVELING ON HAWKINS
PROJECTED THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE •through Ruddy Dr.will go 636 vehicles per day Traffic Impact Study, According to Tanner Creek’s
1 curvature of the road, which limits visibility around the corner.who frequent the park. This is particularly worrisome due to the major safety concern for the children and cyclists
in this community neighborhood AND Hawkins site driving through Ruddy Dr, poses a for traffic generated by the 700 homes in the western -unaccounted636 vehicles per day from Tanner
Creek, coupled with the 1 Access Point4 Access Points VS x 1432
•= proposed sidewalk Crosswalk! No Not Safe!•Sidewalks only on South Side•No Bike Lanes•No Crosswalk to North Side
VRT Bus Stop on Meridian Rd intersection.an already highly congested congestion and timing issues to This would cause even more •overadding a bus lane to safely pull bus stop. There
is no room for This is not a smart location for a •Rd.development. Not on Meridian moved to the inside the accessibility, this should be For safety reasons and better •
In Conclusion a gathering spot for Entertainment and small businesses.this gateway to the city be more than high density apartments. It should be I have lived and worked on Waltman Lane
since 1975 and would love to see •development that will follow Meridian’s Future Land Use Map.use community -density mixed-residential development. We need a lowdensity -fire hazard
that this land is currently at. I am opposed to the highI am not opposed to developing these 36 acres. I am tired of the weeds and •proposed park.Especially because of the lack of cross
walks and the location of the with the increased traffic going through Ruddy and onto Waltman Ln. Safety issues for children, pedestrians, and bicyclists are a main concern •traffic
on Waltman Ln. and Corporate drive.will be concentrated at Ruddy Dr. and then add to this development’s own traffic coming from the west neighborhood ALLWith only one access point,
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Please developers can do better than this.Meridian deserves better than this. These the gateway to Meridian. plan that better serves our community and dense -they can come up with
a better, lowboth of these applications until deny
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