What's Up with the Wagon Wheel?
Some Maplecrest neighborhood residents welcome it while others deem it a visual mess that makes the intersection less safe for pedestrians.
Rarely has a traffic circle attracted such heated discussion as the one located where four streets — Plymouth Avenue, Burnett Terrace, Ivy Terrace and Oakland Road — intersect near Maplecrest Park. The intersection has been the subject of many complaints from residents about accidents and near-misses over the years, according to Maplewood Township Engineer Thomas Malavasi. The township installed the circle, or rotary, in late October, and earlier this month added four directional signs in the middle and rotary signs at each intersection. Some residents balked at the directional sign, calling it too tall, hard to read and unattractive. The township has since lowered the sign, and plans to trim and paint the posts and add decorative caps…
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Connie Cosgrove
2:08 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013
I have been using that intersection driving from my home to locations across town for over 40 years. I find this rotary any obstruction and extremely large. The lanes around the circle are too small. I am NOT in favor of any more signs being erected in our community. During the last 10 to 15 years we have developed "sign polution" here in Maplewood--not to mention how costly they are. more ›