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Furthermore, Woodhill will provide periodic reminders to club members concerning the <br />traffic rules and safety concerning the Woodhill Avenue access. <br />The entrance from the Woodhill Ridge private road onto Woodhill Avenue does not <br />pose any significant traffic hazard. The 10 mile per hour speed limit, gravel paving, and <br />stop sign will slow and then stop all traffic exKing from the country club. These three <br />homes would yield extremely limited number of trips per day from the private road onto <br />Woodhill Avenue. If the Woodhill Ridge owners desire, the intersection could be turned <br />into a three-way stop sign, although it is unclear that additional stop signs are desirable. <br />Two neighbors have voiced concern about their school-age children. The large lot size, <br />long driveways, and the long private road place an adequate distance between any <br />Woodhill Country Club traffic and the children in the immediate vicinity of their homes. <br />When children proceed down their driveways and private road to the intersection witf. <br />the public street, the stop sign, reduced speed limit, and no-left turn provide greater <br />protection than found in most intersections of driveways or private roads with public <br />streets. While pedestrian or bicycle use by children of the public street will expose the <br />children to a greater level of traffic on Wo(^hill Avenue than is present today, the level <br />of traffic is substantially less than the level of traffic usually encountered on residential <br />public streets in Orono and elsewhere. <br />Traffic levels are not greater than the historical levels of Woodhill Avenue prior to the <br />1980 limitations on vehicular use of the access. While the anticipated levels are greater <br />than they had been during the more recent years, the projected traffic level does not <br />constitute a high level of traffic for a residential, public street. <br />The opening of the access should have no effect on the level of traffic on Orono <br />Orchard Road. Most of the anticipated usage the Woodhill Avenue access will have will <br />come from members who would othenwise drive on Orono Orchard Road to and from <br />County Road 15. <br />Doc» III3I02M