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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.
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Picture 2: Challenging to see oncoming vehicles due to bend in road