News
October 7, 2009
Northeast Suburban Life
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‘A tribute to determination’ By Jeanne Houck jhouck@communitypress.com
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Residents concerned about traffic on Hosbrook Road ask Ben Brandstetter, standing, questions about the preferred alternative solution to the traffic calming at a public hearing on Sept. 29 in Sycamore Township.
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Traffic calming along Hosbrook Road remains an emotional issue for both the residents and Sycamore Township officials. A preferred alternative to calm the traffic that would include sidewalks along the west side of the street was presented by Ben Brandstetter of Brandstetter Carroll to the residents during a public hearing Sept. 29 in Sycamore Township, but residents are still skeptical. Hosbrook Road resident John Schmidlapp said he is OK with the idea of sidewalks, which would start at the existing curb and extend around 6 feet, but doesn’t know if the sidewalk would give the desired residential look to the street. “I don’t see people walking on it even if it’s built,” Schmidlapp said. The entire recommendation by Brandstetter, who led the traffic calming study, includes the sidewalks on the west side, gateways on the north and south ends of the street, high visibility crosswalks at all of the intersections along the road and small medians at the intersections. The sidewalks were proposed only for the west side of the street, which is Sycamore Township. The east side of the street is in the city of Madeira. Brandstetter said the proposal is meant to create a visual impact on the driver to give the appearance of a residential street rather than a cut through street which would slow down speeders. Many residents voiced concerns about the sidewalks taking up too much of the yard and the medians blocking their driveway, but Brandstetter said that the proposed medians would not cause any obstructions to the houses along Hosbrook. Dick Kent, member of the Board of Trustees, said that in order to calm the traffic on the street something would have to be done, but if the residents did not like any of the proposals to fix the traffic, speeding would still remain a problem. The entire recommendation as proposed is estimated to cost around $1.3 million.
“I don’t see people walking on it even if it’s built.”
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