Police conduct traffic study at BWHS

SUNBURY — A website traffic study was performed before this calendar year by the Sunbury Law enforcement Section at a hectic intersection close to the new Huge Walnut Significant School.

In a letter to Sunbury Town Council, Officer Justin Whiteside said that for the duration of college working day mornings on West Cherry Street and Miller Generate “the boost of traffic occurs between 7:15 a.m. to 7:40 a.m. Following 7:40 a.m., the targeted traffic resumes to usual with no assistance essential.” The examine took put in January, when the new substantial faculty opened to college students.

Whiteside stated he briefly utilised a handheld system to manage the targeted visitors lights, but it did additional hurt than superior.

“The most important region of problem now factors to North Miller Generate at Tippett Court,” Whiteside wrote. “Vehicles are attempting to change left on to Tippett Courtroom from North Miller Push. The vehicles are unable to do so mainly because of southbound North Miller Generate website traffic.”

For illustration, a morning college board assembly held at 7:30 a.m. prompted “a remarkable raise in visitors in all places,” “resulting in cars having trapped in the intersection.” The district’s administration building, in which the conferences are held, is at 110 Tippett Court. However, a McDonald’s at 85 N. Miller Generate. also appeals to a great deal of targeted visitors at that and other moments. Two other companies across from the drive via on Tippett get their share of site visitors — an OhioHealth business office and the Noah’s Ark Understanding Heart.

A few suggestions were proposed. 1 was to make North Miller Generate a a person-way entrance for the duration of the morning fall-off and afternoon choose-up hrs (2-4 p.m.) at BWHS and Prairie Operate Elementary, with all those motorists exiting on Kintner Parkway.

Another advice was that “the city consider a remaining-hand switch lane on North Miller Drive to Tippett Courtroom. This would help with the congestion with northbound traffic.”

It was also prompt the Major Walnut Board of Education and learning alter the time of its every month early morning conferences.

In other Sunbury news, council handed 4 ordinances by unexpected emergency on initially examining on Feb. 2. The first authorized the ultimate plat for Sunbury Rolling Hills part one particular, following was the obtain of a Chevrolet Tahoe police motor vehicle from Tim Lally Chevrolet, and the other two involved the development of individual new community authorities.

The town is trying to get a new finance director. Administrator Steven Pyles stated present Finance Director Kathy Belcher will retire at the stop of the calendar yr, and they want “to have another person on board for a number of months prior to that time to assist in the transition.”

Sunbury is also in search of a worker at its Wastewater Cure Plant.

Also in the town, the Big Walnut Civic Association explained the Group Easter Egg Hunt is on from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on April 9 at Typical Rosecrans Elementary, 301 S. Miller Dive.

Lastly, the March 30 council assembly has been cancelled.

Gary Budzak may be attained at 740-413-0906 or on Twitter @GaryBudzak.