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Anthem Loop Safety
Posted By bobfrank On January 29, 2009 @ 14:32 In 2009 Campaign, SCA Board, Community Affairs, Safety | 1 Comment
Someone recently complained because they thought I was one of those SCA members who wanted the parkway/loop speed limit be reduced to 35 mph–no matter what. That is not true.
I have consistently advocated that 45 mph COULD be a safe speed limit on the loop–IF (1) it was strictly enforced, and IF (2) the dangerous intersections were made safe by removing line-of-sight blockages, AND IF (3) traffic lights were installed at the most dangerous intersections. Phil Hight and Dan McClintock deserve great credit for their selfless efforts while serving on the Property & Grounds Committee before passing away, and a good way to honor their work would be to insist that the full project gets completed in 2009.
As a matter of background, we need to accept that Del Webb intended to have the loop speed controlled at 35 mph to allow this to be a golf-cart-permissible community–WHEN there were 3 golf courses planned. But, that goal has since become impractical due to the 2002 changes to the Master Plan, and the resulting major changes in parkway/loop use. We need to insist that the loop traffic controls be upgraded if we are going to continue to have a 45 mph posted speed limit.
We should not accept some Henderson proposals to wait for installing traffic lights until the accident rate increases significantly, i.e., until more SCA members are killed or become maimed from accidents at the intersections. It is clear the most dangerous loop Intersections need to have traffic lights. And, to provide the most efficient results, those traffic lights should be installed with access switches activated by vehicles and pedestrians entering, exiting, and/or crossing the loop.
Let’s pull together and ask the City to install traffic lights at the 4 or 5 most dangerous intersections before the end of 2009. Please help me to help you on this vital lifestyle safety issue for our community! The lives and health we save may be our own.
Bob Frank
SCA Director
bobfrank@cox.net
1 Comment To "Anthem Loop Safety"
#1 Comment By admin On January 29, 2009 @ January 29, 2009
On David Berman’s blog, Satish Chandler posted the following, but I am unable to respond on that service. So I have answered his question below;
Bob, thx for informing us that SCA residents are being killed or maimed on the Anthem loop. What are the numbers and how do these numbers compare with other similarly travelled roadways? This is very serious situation and should be brought to the attention of the Mayor and City Council by you a Board Member.
Satish Chander
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Mr. Chander,
Rest assured that the Traffic Survey Group and City Council are fully informed on the accidents and injuries around the Anthem loop. Some of their data was distorted because they used 3 years to compute average accident rates. They were reminded at the meeting that until recently, most of the new homes in the Southwest of SCA were not occupied.
The study group agreed to run the average accident numbers again on an annual basis and advise us of the differences. But, even when they do, the accident rate is not yet as high as sometimes required before placing traffic lights. I hope you will agree that our Directors and fellow community members would not be serving our residents well if we were content to wait for the obvious deaths and injuries occur before we insist on the needed traffic lights? By the way, the costs of the traffic lights will be born by Pulte–as specified in the Master Plan. Such infrastructure costs can not be passed down to residents–as Anthem loop landscaping maintenance costs are.
In the meantime, our Security Patrol is an excellent source of information on safety and security matters. Much of the information SP has accumulated has not been authorized by previous Boards to be distributed to residents via community media. But new procedures being developed to try to solve that issue in the near future.
SP Chief Phil Brown and the other 2009 Security Patrol leaders have formulated a good plan for being more effective at sharing such important safety info with members like you in the future. In the meantime, if you contact the Security Patrol in its office, they could share what they know.
Bob Frank
SCA Director
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