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CURRENT TOPICS - ENTRANCE
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Home Owners Association,
I have noticed several times the mention of "many" accidents at the Y
entrance to Driftwood Point. I have lived on Driftwood Point almost 20
years and have never seen an accident at that entrance where the yield
sign is. Does anybody have any actual documented records of
accidents at the entrance due to the Y and the Yield sign? Are any
accidents on file with the police/sheriff? I have seen 2 accidents at
Sumner Tapps Highway and Driftwood Point Drive. One was due to ice, (not
able to stop), and the other was people turning from Sumner Tapps
Highway on to Driftwood Drive. So the "many" seems to me to be an
exaggeration of a problem that may not even exist. So what is the real
reason you want to change the entrance of Driftwood Point?
Another thing to consider is that the home owners association does not
own any land at the entrance, and if the Y with the island were to be
removed we would have no land at the entrance. The land to the left and
to the right of the entrance is privately owned property by members of
the home owners association but nothing is owned by the association as
community property, so the removal of the island would result in
the loss of our entrance sign.
I like the entrance the way it is currently designed and fear that long
delays would occur if the entrance was changed to a T intersection. I
also tow trailers often and know that getting on and off of Driftwood
Point would become much more difficult and time consuming if the
intersection was a T intersection. The only way to create a safer
intersection with a T intersection would be to put up a light, a left
hand turn lane on Driftwood Drive, and a center turn lane on
Sumner Tapps Highway. Anything short of that would only cause more
accidents and problems then the simple Y entrance we have today. I think
only the facts should be stated, (don't exaggerate), and we should leave
what is working well alone and focus on issues that are
problems, don't work, or need to be repaired.
Thanks,
D. Schmit - 3-5-2007
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Changing the entrance to Driftwood
Point...specifically taking out the Y would cause traffic back
up's. Right now things flow really well going in and out of
Driftwood because of the Y. If people would be responsible and
yield when they are supposed to the traffic accidents would be
minimal to none. My experience is that some people do not
understand how the yields work( or they just don't care).
Perhaps increasing the size of the yield signs or amount of them
would help?
It would also be helpful if we could
get people to pay attention to the Stop signs when pulling out
onto Driftwood Drive. I would estimate that 90% of the time
when people are driving off the side roads onto Driftwood Drive
I see them run the Stop signs. Often times pulling out in front
of other cars inappropriately.
The sign at the entrance is
extremely helpful in instructing people how to get to Driftwood
Point. If we take that out it will be much more difficult to
find.
Thanks!
Janis Kronlund - 12-6-2005
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Just a quick note. I like the new message board for board
information but I miss the board for member postings. Is there any
way the could be a board for members to post messages?
Dee Ross 7-14-2005
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