Published: March 04, 2019
We want to thank everyone who came to the meeting Wednesday evening and especially want to thank Councilman Brian Byrd for attending. The traffic conversation was a positive discussion on how to improve safety on River Park Drive. We believe the recommendations our Traffic Engineers identified will help calm and ameliorate some of the additional traffic our proposed new project will bring. Traffic is something that is going to continue to occur as our city grows. Embrey is committed to working with the neighbors to find ways to improve traffic efficiency. The new suggestion to potentially eliminate the free-right turn from Bryant Irvin onto River Park to reduce accidents and improve visibility at this corner seemed to resonate with neighbors. As one neighbor said, ‘This was a good solution when it was built but maybe we have outgrown it’. Though Councilman Byrd agreed this might be a good solution, he wanted to make sure it was studied with City Staff and it was cost efficient. Embrey is committed to making this intersection safer and have agreed to participate in the cost if this solution is decided to be the most viable. In the meantime the Reilly Family is going to work through Councilman Byrd’s office to insure they have the authority to remove the existing landscaping and install sod in an effort to improve visibility immediately.
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