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Community | 15 MAY 2019 ■ www.ReporterNewspapers.net EVELYN ANDREWS Joe Card, the owner of a 1920s building he uses as a carriage house, talks about the property’s history. David Steinfeld, who owns a house near the intersection, said at the City Council meeting that he only found out when he saw survey flags posted in his yard. He said he believes the city should be pushing commuter traffic off of local roads onto other routes, not encouraging them to use their neighborhood streets. He also thinks the illustration the city has circulated is not “aesthetically pleas ing,” with a large red circle and lack of landscaping. “I don’t think it’s something we need to have and disrupt the whole neighbor hood, so I would ask you to shelve the project,” Steinfeld said. Gill, another homeowner, said he is concerned the roundabout couldn’t han dle carpool traffic to the nearby Schenck School. The neighbors haven’t been able to find traffic studies that show how it will work, which is “why a lot of us are get ting concerned with how it is proceed ing,” Gill said. “It’s a very compli cated intersection,” he said. “We just don’t understand how it will work.” Monisha Longacre, who lives on Mount Paran Road, said she drives through the in tersection multiple times a day and only has issues with con gestion during rush hour. “More often than not it is fine,” she said. “The roundabout won’t alleviate it, just move the congestion down the road.” Although a roundabout would not completely solve traffic congestion, Dr. Michael Rodgers, a roundabout expert and professor at Georgia Tech, said they generally bring big safety improvements. A roundabout can “significantly im prove” safety by reducing the number of places cars cross each other’s paths, he said. And a traffic signal wouldn’t solve all of the residents’ concerns, Rodgers said, because installing signals often are more impactful than people think. “People think adding a traffic signal is just dropping one in, but there’s a lot more to it,” he said. Although roundabouts are becoming more common, many in the U.S. and Geor gia are still unfamiliar with them, he said. But Departments of Transportation across the country are looking at the safe ty improvement numbers and increasing ly implementing them, Rodgers said. IS YOUR HOME IN NEED OF A FACE LIFT? $50 OFF Any Single Garage Door Must present offer at time of purchase. Expires 7/15/19 Offer valid on replacement doors only. $100 OFF Any Double Garage Door Must present offer at time of purchase. Expires 7/15/19 Offer valid on replacement doors only. $25 OFF Any Lift Master Operator Must present offer at time of purchase. Expires 7/15/19 Offer valid only with purchase of a garage door(s). [Thome A Construction Resources Company 252 Rio Circle | Decatur, GA 30030 | 770.932.3585 www.ConstructionResourcesUSA.com Lift Master. ss
