Traffic problems will be a major consequence of the proposed Chapel Ridge.
The 2011 MODOT traffic count figured 3,333 cars per day for K Highway / Hampton Road.
The developer's own study figures that Chapel Ridge will add an additional 3,669 new traffic trips per day for the surrounding area.
This could result in 7,002 traffic trips per day on K Highway / Hampton Road, increasing traffic by 110%.
In other words, Chapel Ridge would more than double traffic on K Highway / Hampton Road.
K Highway already is a very dangerous road, narrow, winding, with steep shoulders, little visibility, etc. People often try to pass cars on K Highway, although there is no passing lane. K Highway has 64 street intersections and driveways in only 1.7 miles. Already there are many serious auto accidents on K Highway, and Chapel Ridge will probably more than double these catastrophes.
In short, Chapel Ridge inevitably will cost human lives.
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| Typical day of cars lined up behind school bus on K Highway |
It is truly unbelievable that staff recommended this. Next they'll be recommending nuclear waste storage in your backyard.
ReplyDeleteAlso the bike riders that travel back and forth during the week-ends
ReplyDeleteI'm one of those bicyclists who have had to choose an alternate routes; one I have to drive to. It's a pity I also have to drive to the end of K near the traffic circle to run the nice new trails! They should have added a way for K highway residents to get to the trails. They leave us alone because we are "country" then they try to take it away!
ReplyDeleteJust this past week a van ran the stop sign on my Son's bus. There is multiple bus stops on K hwy. How is this going to work? It's not going to work.
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