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r-- I MAR 2 ? 1990 �? BOOK 79 PAGE 679 gutter drainage system which mitigated the confined R/W problems we had when the road was designed. The reason we had problems in designing the road was mainly involved with the preserving of an oak tree. Commissioner Wheeler inquired if he knew of anything that could be done to give relief to the speeding problem - possibly speed bumps, and Director Davis stated that staff did suggest a pedestrian path on the north side of the roadway but that would involve the cooperation of the abutting property owners because we need additional R/W. Traffic Engineer Dudeck has looked at speed bumps, etc., and this is mentioned in the Minutes of the TPC meet -i ng . Commissioner Scurlock inquired about a 4 -way stop. Commissioner Bird commented that he hates those things, but Commissioner Scurlock noted that it does slow the traffic down. Commissioner Wheeler stated that what concerns him is that if we do something like that,.then what prevents people on every other street in the county with through traffic coming in and requesting the same thing. Commissioner Scurlock contended that this is not a major arterial. It was not designed that way, and the fact is that particular road is being used in a way it wasn't intended for - as a by-pa,ss for SR 60 and as a principal arterial. Commissioner Wheeler did not believe the traffic count indicates that, and Commissioner Bird and Commissioner Bowman also did not feel that it did. Commissioner Bird noted that the pavement width actually is approximately the same as on 12th Street and 8th Street and the thing .that makes you feel the street is narrower is the curb. He believed of all the arterial streets in the County, this is the most attractive. Some of the most expensive homes on the west side of the river have been built there, and he did not believe they would have built there if there was a traffic problem. 26