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� - <br /> � OROIJO COUPICIL PiEETIrIG HELD MARCH � , Paye 12 <br /> • <br /> f and recommendations will have to deal with NORTH FERI�IDALE ROAD <br /> this difficult public policy fact, i,e. , Elwell Property <br /> � that the road is a border between urban (Continued) <br /> and rural uses. <br /> � 4o The principal public safety problem involves <br /> very short sight distance for traffic at the <br /> • hill �aest of the Elwell farm buildingso This <br /> . has sEveral effects: <br /> � a) The accident potential within several <br /> hundred yards of the crest of this hill <br /> � . . is high, particularly between vehicles <br /> entering from driveways and through <br /> � traffic. <br /> b) This potential is especially high during <br /> � poor road sur�ace conditions. Under i�e <br /> • ancl snow situations traffic headed n4�th <br /> accelerates in order to be sure to car�y <br /> � the crest of the hil1, This acce]:e�`�tiOn <br /> occurs at or slightly north of Ch��y <br /> � Chase Drive, Cars that do not acC�ler�te <br /> under these conditions find themselves <br /> ♦ losing traction before reaching the top <br /> of the hille Traffic is customari�y <br /> '� blocked several times a year by this <br /> � situationo <br /> A Traffic headed south does not have the <br /> p.roblem of the north bound cars, but <br /> ♦ does have the more serious one o� finding <br /> themselves out of control under ice and <br /> , snow conditions as they pass the c�est <br /> • of the hill< Depending on the severity <br /> of the ice or snow conditions, this bu�- <br /> � of-�ontrol traf�ic situation continues <br /> at times until the cars in�tolved reach <br /> � Chevy Chase Drive, <br /> • Consultant will have to baSe his analysis <br /> and recommendations on tlie fact that this <br /> � existing accident prone condition does nat <br /> + appear to have any foreseeable solution <br /> through any major road improvement program, <br /> � (See Paro 2 & 3 above) o <br /> �, It would appear extremely imprudent from a <br /> � public safety point of view to allow any <br /> traffic ingress or egress on the portion of <br /> � the road near the crest of the hill, <br /> • especially between the crest of the hill <br /> and Chevy Chase Drive, ���hen such ingress <br /> i and egress involves the large number of <br /> � trips per day generated by a 180 dv�elling <br /> unit subdivisione The consultant should be <br /> sure to include in his re�ort an evaluation <br /> * of �he validity of this judgment. If this <br /> � (Continued) <br /> • <br />