In Seffner, Fla., traffic control was the topic on the table Sept. 12 at 6:30 p.m. Hillsborough County held a public meeting to discuss traffic problems along Field Lane from S. Kingsway Road to its end, near the intersection of Wheeler Road and Kingsway Road in the Brandon area.
Jerry Depkoski led the meeting at the Evans Park Recreation Center and offered three options to concerned homeowners: 1.) They can decide to do nothing if they don't like the process, 2.) They can choose selective enforcement, which is police assistance and patrolling, or 3.) They can choose to implement traffic calming.
Traffic calming is the practice of putting devices on the road to slow down traffic or lessen the volume of traffic. Placing two to three speed bumps along the road is what the County Commission has offered.
They are the preferred devices for Field Lane, Deposki said, but citizens should be aware of the delayed reaction time for emergency vehicles.
Hillsborough County did a recording of the activity on the road March 26 and found that speed wasn't the problem (the average speed of cars passing by was 24 miles per hour); it was the volume of traffic.
If the homeowners choose option one, Hillsborough County will not come back to the issue for three more years.
If the homeowners choose the third option, traffic calming, the county will not implement it until spring. A petition will be made, and it will need a 75 percent approval. Also, it's required that 90 percent of the people in the area see it and that it's returned to the county in 90 days.
The majority of homeowners at the meeting preferred the third option, and the County Commission will take their opinions into consideration when a final decision is made.
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