A handful of Brentwood Forest residents don’t want construction traffic on their roads, and spoke in favor of two bills at the Brentwood Board of Aldermen meeting Monday, though the bills were on hold and not voted on.
They said they’re concerned about truck traffic, mainly on Eager Road, when construction begins on the planned, approximately 800-unit, Manhasset Village apartment complex in Richmond Heights, just across Eager from where they live.
Ward 4 Alderman Tom Kramer has introduced the bills that would prohibit commercial traffic on Eager Road and others in the area. Both were recommended by the Public Safety Committee.
Dorothy Needles was one of the Brentwood Forest residents expressing concern about commercial traffic.
“It’s always a problem—let alone if we have extra trucks or traffic—that there are seven entrance/exits in a one block area from Eager and Brentwood Boulevard to Bobolink,” she said.
Another said she was worried about her 88-year-old mother, who lives on Eager Road, navigating a curve in the road that becomes even more narrow when service trucks for the bank stop there. She said a bike lane, added by Richmond Heights, also narrows the road.
Mayor Pat Kelly responded that even if Richmond Heights wasn’t involved, the planned truck routes would be the same, because it’s the quickest route to the main roadways. He seemed to disregard the residents’ concerns about traffic.
“The only reason this is becoming a topic is peoples’ feeling got hurt because Richmond Heights didn’t come to us and negotiate with us,” he said. “When we’ve done things, we haven’t negotiated with Richmond Heights either.”
Ward 1 Alderwoman Maureen Saunders said she stands with the Brentwood Forest residents. “We are one city,” she said. “I definitely support you in your proactive approach.”
I agree with Kevin, Its the fastest rout to Brentwood Blvd. I would want the trucks to take the most direct rout to a large road and get out of the neighborhood. Making them drive through more of the small neighborhood streets makes no sense
I Would not call McCutchen or Clayton Rd. small streets.
I live 50 feet from Brentwood Blvd., BB is a lot more crowded now than 30+ years ago when we moved in. There is always traffic. Eager to BB to the highway is the fastest route, unless you want the project to last 2+ years for the 1st phase. What a problem!
And how many people will be employed building these buildings, and how long will the project last? Let them build and let the construction people eat in Brentwood…oh all we have are banks, sorry! They can deposit their pay-checks.
That’s fine, but this is in Richmond Hgts. and they prohibit any construction traffic to go down their street which is also available for access to the exit by way of McCutchen. This 1st phase of the project will last 18 months with 2 more to follow. We already were lived through the tear down some years ago.