Description
Van Lee and Louwanda are being used as a cut-through from Rodney Parham for cars to get to Evergreen and Mississippi. Vehicles using this cut-through are usually speeding through the Leawood neighborhood, which makes it unsafe for pedestrians. Louwanda and Van Lee do not have sidewalks or a speed bump and it is dangerous when walking or biking due to the cut-through traffic. The traffic is especially heavy during the school year when parents cuts through the neighborhood to go to work and take their childern to schools located in the Hillcrest area. Based on the design of the S curve from Van Lee to Louwand it is evident that Van Lee was never intended to provide a cut-through to Louwanda and the Leawood neighborhood. This cut-through should be closed to provide Leawood residents a safe area to walk and ride bicycles.
11 Comments
moew (Guest)
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moew (Guest)
It doesn't surprise me at all. This neighborhood community is NOT safe to ride bikes on the roads or walk. I walk my dogs, and constantly have to deal with people flying at 40+ through the neighborhood and not paying attention around the blind corners.
This was certainly not designed to handle this traffic. Either they need to zone for business and make improvements, or restrict access for people using residential roads as a main through-way.
david (Guest)
Reopened moew (Guest)
Valid citizen concern and currently additional interest after closing.
Although this does state
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Reopened moew (Guest)
Traffic is at an all time high through here. I watched the corner of the intersection at Leawood and Louwanda today and it's worse than ever. Also the new speed bump and stop sight going east and exiting Leawood to Mississippi has a large number of people still speeding and running the new stop sign there. The increase of traffic and recklessness of drivers is at an all time high.
Also the NO PARKING signs on Louwanda are gone (have been for a while) and we have people parking there all the time. This causes more traffic and issues. Again, it's clear people are using this area specifically as a cut-through, and it's clearly a RESIDENTIAL area. Not sure why you would close this, it's NOT CLOSED.
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