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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter #24 Matthew Pierce • Matthew Pierce 2503 Pleasant Way West Carmel, IN 46280 To: Carmel Plan Commission RE: Docket No. PZ-2022-00117 PUD: 96th and Haverstick PUD Rezone Dear Commissioners: I am concerned with the transportation and safety aspects of the PUD Rezone. Below is a summary of my main concerns: Haverstick Road: • Narrow right-of-way with a sharp bend to avoid a historic home from the 1800s. See following Picture 1. • Used as a cut-through, with people regularly speeding and rolling through the stop sign at the corner of Haverstick/Pleasant Way • It is tough to see traffic while crossing due to the bend in the road. See following Picture 2. • Recent additional increase in traffic with homeschool center at Hope Church (98th and Haverstick) • Soon even more of an increase in traffic from large apartment complex at 96th& Westfield Blvd • I cannot imagine adding an additional 33 townhomes at the proposed PUD site. For comparison, directly across 96th the same space is occupied by 5 houses! PUD Haverstick Entrance (right next to roundabout!): • People turning left into PUD can back up the traffic into the roundabout • Makes roundabout crosswalk more dangerous since need to also watch for someone coming out of PUD PUD 96th Street Entrance (in middle of roundabout merge lane!): • Right turns into PUD will hinder roundabout traffic since it will slow the merge lane • People on 96th merging will be checking blind spot rather than looking out for parked cars and people leaving PUD • Since left turns in/out of PUD will not be allowed, it will lead to a mess. People will enter Wild Cherry and not realize it is a dead-end and have to turn around. People will try u-turns rather than going around roundabout. a } 4: pp__ s r :- r T tit 4i , • Y; ' S .. .. `rF w ; ,. .—.. . 01ser1 i,'i, '.'.'i 4,„...A.__‘.li...f. tl- F t --:-, %.ii r e fir 4 ;Z, a, ..4....,-.,-.. ..„ _... - ...,.... r ^ ,.. ____ _. ___ . _ _ :. ___mi ___ - `T 'Y -'.-� _` . ...___ ____ v_ s - f `.► ^ • j/ .a�lF' Picture 1: Road sharply bends around historic home .k, ,?- - , A(',,,i ,ilili,, •: s .. ,*-iit.. ' 4 iv - 4 •••-••• 'clt 404.: 7.4. It • • a •}.- : �,,,Y - .A - •-!4 i' ric. i-, r . av � `al•✓ air i� arky .c, ,, „it Al • .• .. .e .Eby' __,, � ,�}, r y > 1 � r r i �• "• 4.''? `P ' 3' • h, S • d 1 - sty 41 r :i aril r If. r ?' k , • ,tom ..• r- -4.r iiiiii y•rtr, , ,e ' . s ... tot • a,•. Picture 2: Challenging to see oncoming vehicles due to bend in road