Jason Manning didn’t mean to build his home along Sedamsville’s very own Motor Speedway, he said Monday night.
But without a traffic light, that’s what River Road has become.
A City Council committee vote Tuesday could alleviate the problem or consign Manning’s neighbors to living feet away from a daily Indy 500.
"To me, it's frustrating ascan be.
""IT'S TAKEN MORE THAN AYEAR... BUT THE PROBLEMS OFTHOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK ONRIVER ROAD COULD BE COMING TOA HALT.IT ALL COMES DOWN TO VOTES ATCITY HALL THIS WEEK.
THANKSFOR JOINING US FOR 9 ON YOURSIDE AT 11.I'M CRAIG MCKEE.MCKEE.AND I'M TANYA O'ROURKE.9 ON YOUR SIDE'S KRISTENSWILLEY JOINS US LIVE FROM THEINTERSECTION IN QUESTION --WITH WHAT COMES NEXT.A DEVELOPER AND NEIGHBORS ONRIVER ROAD HAVE WANTED A STOPLIGHT HERE FOR MORE THAN AYEAR.
IT'S AN ISSUE WE FIRSTBROUGHT TO YOU LAST SUMMER.NOW, A TRAFFIC SIGNAL COULDFINALLY BE ON THE WAY."They're doing 45, 50 miles anhour.
It's obscene, very dangerodangerous."JASON MANNING HAS A FRONT-ROWSEAT TO WHAT HE SAYS FEELSLESS LIKE A ROAD...ROAD...AND MORE MOTOR SPEEDWAY EVERYDAY.21:10:46 "Between 2:30 and 6 oclock, you can't get across."CITY DATA SHOWS 24 OFSEDAMSVILLE'S 42 CRASHES INTHE LAST SIX MONTHS HAPPENEDON RIVER ROAD.ROAD."Three in two months threesemi head-on collisions."collisions."THEY PETITIONED FOR A LIGHTHERE AT THE INTERSECTION OFRIVER ROAD AND OLD RIVERROAD...HOPING TO PUMP THEBREAKS ON THEIR TRAFFICNIGHTMARE."Nobody's courteous.
I meanit's a headache.
It's a major heheadache."A SOLUTION COULD BE AROUNDTHE CORNER.
THIS ORDINANCE,SCHEDULED TO BE PRESENTEDDURING TUESDAY'S BUDGET ANDFINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING,WOULD USE 85 THOUSAND DOLLARSIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDSTO CONSTRUCT A STOP LIGHT."We need it.
It's verydangerous to pull out."out."DEVELOPER RAY BROWN OWNS THEGAS STATION, BBQ RESTAURANTAND DRIVE THRU AT THIS CORNER.HE'S ALREADY INVESTED INIMPROVEMENTS HERE AND HASASKED THE CITY FOR A LIGHT FORMORE THAN A YEAR."Turning lane and redid thesidewalk and it cost me$582,000.
I've got a littleover two and a half million inthe whole thing down there."there."NOW, NEIGHBORS AND DEVELOPERSALIKE ARE LEFT CROSSING THEIRFINGERS FOR THIS PROJECT TOGET THE FINAL GREEN LIGHT...LIGHT..."I'm hoping city council seesthat.
I really am."THIS ORDINANCE GOES BEFORE THEBUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEETOMORROW.
THE FULL COUNCILWOULD VOTE ON ITTHURSDAY...KRISTEN SWILLEY...9ON YOUR SIDE