Board of Education and public hear detailed report on many options, to tackle simple steps first.
With the goal of taking initial steps toward providing at least some relief for longstanding traffic jams on mornings when Ridge High School is in session, the Board of Education on Monday agreed to implement a few simple options outlined in a professional traffic study, to include placing traffic stripes and speed-reducing humps in front of the building, as well as retiming the light at the entrance. Board members reached that consensus after hearing a report lasting about two hours, which outlined a wide range of options for improving traffic flow at the high school and roads leading to the entrance of the high school at Lake Road and South Finley Avenue. The report was presented by traffic consultant Gary Dean of Dolan & Dean, …
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Alternatives for reducing weekday morning at entrance to Ridge High School presented to public.
The presentation of a traffic consultant's report on suggestions for better handling of morning traffic flow at Ridge High School is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Monday, at a special Board of Education meeting to be held at the high school at 268 S. Finley Ave. The report already is online at the Board of Education website. The report from traffic consultant Gary Dean of Dolan & Dean, commissioned by the board in March for a fee of $10,700, specifies that the most cost effective method of reducing rush hour traffic at the high school is the continued bus dropoff at the Cedar Hill Elementary School, which began this past Feb. 1. But the study acknowledged the opposition from Homestead Village neighbors, and suggested several other options — …
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colleen Bondy
2:37 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Most definitely. My kids whined about how their friends were driven to school rather than take the bus. Teaching our kids how to be green starts at home! On the occasion when I drove due to a missed bus, it would take 40 minutes round trip! Can't imagine that the cost of gas and car wear over the cost of a school year would be less than the cost of subscription busing! Lame excuse. more ›