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intersection and a dangerous intersection at night and that the <br />County should install the streetlight. <br />Commissioner Scurlock felt that to be consistent we should <br />start talking.. -about installing streetlights at the intersections <br />along SR -60 that don't have streetlights. For example, there is no <br />decelerating lane from SR -60 at the entrance to his subdivision, <br />and with 60 mph traffic bearing down on you, you have to make a 90 <br />degree turn into the subdivision without having the advantage of a <br />streetlight to mark the spot. His concern was establishing a <br />precedent where we are going to have to go through the entire <br />county and do a County -funded streetlight at every similar <br />situation. <br />Commissioner Wheeler thought that might not be a bad idea. <br />Commissioner Bird asked about the streetlight warrant analysis <br />for the intersection, and Director Davis advised that the <br />intersection received 24 points of its 53 points due to the <br />curvature of the roadway and the concave nature of the curve coming <br />in there. <br />Commissioner Scurlock asked how many other significant <br />intersections we would be looking at in the county, and Director <br />Davis estimated it would be in the hundreds. <br />Commissioner Wheeler felt there is a lot of difference between <br />what we are looking at here and that of a lot of the other major <br />intersections. There is heavy traffic there from Wal-Mart and a <br />major intersection coming out of all the residential areas to the <br />west and probably 500-1000 residents coming out of Vista Gardens. <br />There is a curve there that causes a problem. He felt it is a <br />unique situation and a unique intersection. He didn't feel a lot <br />of the intersections in the county would meet the same uniqueness <br />as that curve and the entrance into Wal-Mart and the traffic. Wal- <br />Mart is probably one of the busiest stores in the county. <br />Commissioner Scurlock agreed that a streetlight should be <br />installed, but questioned the County paying for it. He pointed out <br />33 <br />