Relief is already

underway for exasperated residents on Golf View Drive who want to slow

down traffic in the area.

City employees

began installing a series of traffic calming devices Wednesday on the

thoroughfare, which is a collector road that wasn't originally designed

that way.

The most significant

change will be the addition of two sets of speed humps which will be on

Golf View between Pinemount Drive and Bluesmoke Trail. The humps, which

carry vehicles three inches off the ground for 14 feet, will span one

lane at a time.

Motorists will

be warned of the humps with signs asking them to slow to 20 mph. Also,

"Do Not Pass" signs are planned for the road which will be enforced

Area residents

rallied for changes to the road by appearing at the City Council retreat

and other meetings asking for help, claiming that speeding traffic caused

a significant safety hazard.

The project

also includes the addition of two sets of three-way stop signs on the

western side of Golfview Drive at the intersections of Golfview and Aberdeen

Parkway.

Other streets

in the city will be evaluated for the possible addition of traffic calming

devices including Bluesmoke Trail, Bridlepath Lane, Crabapple Lane West,

Hip Pocket Road, Kelly Green, Pinegate Road, Planterra Way, Smokerise

Trace/Point, Sumner Road, Terrane Ridge, Willow Road, Walnut Grove Road,

and Wynnmeade Parkway.

Any plan developed

who will also share the costs for installing the traffic calming devices.

"This

is an important public safety issue, and we want to make it clear to drivers

that we will not tolerate speeding in residential neighborhoods,"

said Mayor Steve Brown.

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