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Local News - November 2003 |
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Bonview to get signal |
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Published November 7, 2003 |
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City Council By ALICE SMITH, Staff Writer ———————————— A resident-proposed traffic signal got the green light Thursday by the Lincolnton City Council. City crews will install a traffic control device at the intersection of Bonview Avenue and High Street. The action comes from a request by residents who live and work along Bonview Avenue. Residents petitioned the council in September for a stoplight at the intersection. A traffic light that was in place there malfunctioned in August, according to a memo from City Manager Jeff Emory. That light was not replaced because of many complaints received from residents regarding the signal. At their September meeting, council instructed police Chief Dean Abernathy to perform a traffic study of the area. Abernathy based his report on a 1999 state Department of Transportation study, Lincolnton Police Department records and the city Planning Department. The DOT study designated the section of Bonview as a minor thoroughfare with an estimated traffic flow of 8,000 vehicles per day. Lincolnton Police conducted studies during the last month at several different times of the day. Between 7 and 8 a.m., the time when students are traveling to Lincolnton High School, an average of 320 vehicles traveled the road per hour, Abernathy said. Between noon and 1 p.m., 150 vehicles traveled east to west on Bonview, 120 traveled west to east on Bonview and two traveled from High Street on Bonview. From 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., an average of 570 vehicles traveled down Bonview Avenue. The study proved that the section of street is heavily traveled, Abernathy said. He agreed that there is a blind spot at several of the driveways and vehicles do speed through the are at an “alarming” rate. “I think we do have a severe traffic problem in that location,” he said. The light would not serve as traffic control but would be a safety device, he said. In other business, council: · Approved a resolution which gives the city the option to combine the electric fund and the water and sewer fund in order to meet the city’s debt ratio. For the past two fiscal years, the city has not met its debt ratio coverage as required by the bond order associated with the 1996 issuance of bonds. Because of a decrease in water and sewer revenues and the city not raising rates for a couple of years, the ratio has not been met, Emory said. The city has two options: combine the funds or consider a series of rate increases, Emory said. It is not a common practice to combine the funds.City Council and staff plan to discuss the situation at the 2004 budget retreat. · Approved conditional use permits from Times Oil Corporation and Seventh Day Adventist Church · Appointed Betty Helms to the planning board and fire Chief Don Wise to the Lincolnton Fire Department Relief and Pension Fund Board · Proclaimed Saturday as World Town Planning Day
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