SOUTHWICK – A topic of old business was brought to light during Tuesday night’s Town of Southwick Select Board meeting at the town hall.
The Select Board reviewed over the ongoing issue for the need of stop signs on the corner of South Longyard Road and Granaudo Circle.
There was a citizen’s request made on April 27th that was sent to Joseph Deedy, clerk of the select board. The request is to have two new stop signs at the intersection of the two streets.
Vice-Chairman of the Select Board, Douglas Moglin, voiced his opinion on the biggest concern of this matter.
“The issue is not that the road is posted for an excessive rate of speed for the road design,” said Moglin. “The problem at that intersection was that there was a site distance issue.”
Southwick Select Board meeting, June 7, 2016
The site distance issue that Moglin is referring to is when cars are attempting to turn off of Granaudo and onto South Longyard; people are blinded by the several trees that are in the way. Moglin strongly believes that the cutting of the trees would have a major impact on increasing everyone’s safety.
“Even a car that is going faster than the posted speed limit and breaking the law, you’d still see it,” said Moglin.
Moglin pointed out that there is a tree that is bigger than the others and it will become a focal point to remove that particular tree. As the new budget year begins on July 1st, the select board will then have the opportunity to cut down that tree and any other trees that are blocking the intersection of South Longyard and Granaudo.
As the speeds of vehicles passing that intersection as well as the trees in the way of a car’s vision have been the main concerns of this ongoing issue, Moglin keeps in mind what the most important part is to the whole situation.
“The safety of our public is the hugest issue that we have,” said Moglin.
