Fairhope, Alabama
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| New Gayfer Avenue speeding signs. |
CITIZENS COMPLAINING
Solar powered "driver feedback" signs have been installed on Gayfer Avenue to control chronic speeding problems between Greeno Road and Section Street.
The city's Street and Traffic Control committee voted to install the signs during its last meeting in October after residents had requested a stop sign at Blue Island Avenue to slow traffic; stop signs are not considered appropriate for major collector roads like Gayfer.
Two similar signs were installed on north and south Section Street earlier this year; another was just installed on Fairhope Avenue near Fairwood Boulevard.
The devices also record data like speed and traffic count.
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| October traffic committee meeting. |
Comments
Direct the money spent on the signs towards traffic patrols or the dreaded speed humps. What happened to common sense?
They have the sidewalk and gutter in.
I do not see how a car could fit into a right turn lane? Seems too narrow.
I have a question. Recently I have been traveling down Gayfer at Greeno and observed the eastbound “right lane widening.”
I could be mistaken, I thought the project would provide a dedicated right turn lane eastbound Gayfer on to Greeno.
The contractors poured a new sidewalk (who will be using that?) and water gutter. My last trip on EB Gayfer to Greeno, the “right lane” didn’t seem wide enough for a golf cart to pass through.
Are they going to re-stripe Gayfer, creating a narrower west bound lane? I am confused.
Thank you. Tell you what, I just went by again today and I do not even see how a dedicated “left” lane would work. We will sure hope for the best!
I just drove by and observed that they are indeed widening the lane of the north side of Gayfer at Greeno. I noted that they took about 4’ of the front yard of the home on Gayfer/Greeno. Guessing that was an imminent domain issue? Tearing the house down?