the home owner sought to make his street one way to protect his kids, and "the neighborhood"
However the deaths from both accidents happened before the accidents even started, as
both were heart attacks that lead to the accidents. The only other real issue with the
corner which had been widened to be safer and easier decades ago, was the tall hedges
in one person's yard blocking a safe view of the street.
You would be correct in thinking it was the same person, that was looking to make the
street one way, there by making life much more difficult for 60+ residents, and the Beck
Center. He was also the person that got white stripes added to Riverside Drive when a
car hit his telephone pole, and cause him to lose some sleep. I know you are saying, how
could one person have such pull at city hall? Insider with connections.
After more than 60 years, the street was considered unsafe. The street only has 3
addresses on it, but leads to 50+ houses that have now been much harder to get to, and
or routes traffic down one street with tens of young kids playing on it daily.
The recently installed no turn onto Crest Lane sign.
"I have lived here for 50 years, and we have never had problems with the corner." said
longtime resident Jim Pohorence, whose mother started the Lakewood Community Festival.
"The problem is the guy on the corner refuses to keep his bushes trimmed at a safe height." Karen and Chuck Reidy might be one of the two people most upset. Their
driveways and garages point west, so that entering their driveways from the east is
nearly impossible in the best of conditions, in the winter without perfect plowing their
driveways and garages will be unusable, which will have to have a negative impact on
their property values should they wish to sell, which could be a possibility. "I am really
getting tired of the good old boy network ruining this city." Said Karen, what ever
happened to what is best for the community.
Fire Chief Scott Gilman said, "I made sure everyone knew that the reason given for the
need to change was not true. The accidents were not caused by the turn, and did not
result in deaths, they were dead way before the turn."
Right now residents are collecting signatures to get the signage taken down, with many
names and residents joining the call for the change.
The extra wide turn for safety means little with hedges in the way.
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