Plans in place for Roanoke Avenue stops


The ordinance has been passed and drafted (in that order), the sketches have been made, and the stop signs have been ordered to slow the flow of traffic along Roanoke Avenue.

Henderson City Manager Eric Williams distributed a sketch of the sign locations and a copy of the ordinance by e-mail Wednesday.

Williams wrote in the e-mail that Public Works Director James Morgan has placed the order for six stop signs and as many signs warning of a stop ahead. The warning signs will be 325 feet before the stops.

The ordinance mandating the stops at Avis Lane, Carroll Road and Abbott Street is technically in effect now but can’t be enforced until the signs are in place.

The City Council voted 7-0 Aug. 8 in favor of installing the stop signs as a traffic-calming measure on Roanoke Avenue. People who live along that broad residential road petitioned for the stop signs after the lowering of the speed limit from 35 mph to 25 mph and increased police enforcement of that limit failed to halt speeders.

Williams indicated that the signs will be oversized. The sketch, prepared by Terry Leyen in the Engineering Department, shows that the stop-ahead signs will be diamonds that are 3 feet long on each side. The cost for the 12 signs is $900, not counting the city labor to install them.