Northwood News ♦ December 2001

Neighborhood Seeks Committee to Discuss Traffic Calming

The October newsletter’s article about potential traffic calming measures produced a lively turnout and discussion at the subsequent meeting, with a number of concerns expressed.

The board and the association have wrestled with this issue for a number of years and it is still the most provocative issue we face.  While we have succeeded in obtaining speed bumps and traffic restrictions, board members continue to hear from the neighborhood that they want something done about cut-through traffic on roads such as Kerwin, Edgewood, Lorain, and others, particularly in the evening.

The question, of course, is what to do.

Those streets present a special challenge since there are so many ways people can enter the neighborhood from University, while getting out onto Colesville has fewer options and that has proven to be easier to address.

The result of the October meeting’s discussion was a consensus resolution to establish a committee to study the alternatives and make recommendations to the board and association.  Because, under county regulations, nothing can be done without the consent of the residents of the affected streets, the membership agreed that the committee should consist of at least one representative from each of the most-affected streets.

Those streets include, at a minimum, Eisner, Kerwin, Dennis, Royalton, Lorain, Sutherland, Edgewood, and Marvin.  Residents of other streets who believe that they would be affected also are welcome to participate.

The committee will be free to determine its own workload and schedule of meetings:  how often, for how long, etc., as well as appoint its own chairperson.  Mike Diegel, who shepherded the most recent traffic restrictions through the county process for the last couple of years, has agreed to serve as a resource person to get the committee up and running.

Anyone who is interested in participating can contact Diegel [contact details redacted].

Please remember that, without your help, nothing can be done and we will continue to suffer from cut-through traffic.   ■