Changes may

be coming to Golf View Drive to slow down traffic at the request of residents

there who have complained that high speeds and high vehicle volumes could

lead to a serious accident.

City Engineer

Troy Besseche is preparing several new elements for Golf View which will

be proposed to the City Council at its meeting Thursday. Those elements

include raised pavement markers to help guide motorists after dark and

additional signs in the area.

Another possible

element could be the addition of a speed table, Besseche confirmed. Speed

tables are designed to cause vehicles to rise several inches off the ground

on a flat surface for several feet in an attempt to slow down motorists.

In a letter

to Golf View Drive residents, Mayor Steve Brown said police monitoring

of traffic would be another part of the design. Brown said if council

approves the design, it will be implemented "in a short period of

time."

A number of

Golf View residents complained about traffic in the area at the annual

City Council retreat in March. Vehicles routinely leave the road, tearing

down mailboxes and damaging landscaping, they said.

One man said

his wife has had to jump out of the way of several vehicles while standing

in their front yard.

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