I would attend the meeting slated on this subject but I am recovering from surgery.
I live at the corner of Baywood and Woodland and my home office has a clear view of the corner. I have witnessed the reduction of
traffic during restricted hours and a definite reduction of traffic speed since the traffic signs have been put in place.
My opinions are:
1. Make the turn limitation signage permanent: Although, there will always people who will ignore them, the signs have
significantly decreased the cut-through traffic from Middlefield through the neighborhood. And merely by reading the signs, slows
people down.
2. The signs are a cheap way to manage traffic. A lot cheaper than putting in speed bumps.
3. The residents of Baywood submitted a petition where the overwhelming majority indicated that they did not want speed bumps on
Baywood back in March.
4. The driveways on Baywood are very close together on this very short street. ANY placement of speed bumps will interfere with at
least one or two residents exit from their driveways.
The placement of speed bumps on Baywood doesn't make sense. Making the signs permanent is a more sensible, cost effective
solution.
Additionally, the semi-trucks that deliver to the Willows Market have started (after requesting they do so because they were
blocking traffic, hitting the stop sign and breaking down the sidewalk on the right hand side of that corner) turning left out of
the service road that runs between 40 Middlefield and 119 Baywood to avoid the difficulty of making the tight right turn onto
Woodland and then onto Middlefield to continue onto their next delivery. If speed bumps are put on Baywood, this will cause the
semis to make a lot more noise bouncing over the speed bumps as they exit the area.
I appreciate you attention on this issue,Lauri Hart119 Baywood Ave
