Glendale Sign Change

Several of the residents of the Glendale Hills area have brought to my attention the intersection of Rocky Creek Drive and Northern Valley Drive. We looked at this about a year or so ago and removed the lower limbs of two pine trees that were obstructing on-coming traffic on N'Valley from those at the stop sign on Rocky Creek.

I'd also had several requests to make that intersection a 4-way stop -- partially to address the on-coming traffic vision situation and also in the hope of reducing speed on N'Valley.

On the latter, putting stop signs to slow traffic speeds has been shown consistantly across the country to be very ineffective and in fact studies show that other major problems are generated. Contact me or David Kramer, our Public Works Traffic Engineer, for details. A practical matter is that the intersection is so far removed from the residential area so as to not have any affect on speed.

However, Mr. Kramer and I took another look at the intersection and, after watching traffic for a while, came to the conclusion that there was a visibility problem and the most appropriate solution was the removal of the Glendale sign and surrounding large shrubbery. I talked to several of the area residents and all were in agreement with this as a solution.

The sign is on public property but we did get permission from the original developers, Mr. Gill and Mr. Hexum to remove this sign. A work order to that effect has been issued.

We will keep the smaller planting that surround the cable junction box to keep some of the aesthetics on the corner.

So ... if you suddenly see a dramatic change as you enter or leave the area that's why.

As always, feel free to contact me if you have any further questions.

Bob