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The intersection at the corner of Homestead St and Hazelhurst Ave is well known as a dangerous intersection. Serious accidents have occurred here, crossing the street with your children is dangerous, and anyone turning left from Homestead to Hazelhurst knows there is a chance for an accident anytime that turn is made. The issue is that the intersection is at the top of a hill so you cannot see if anyone is coming up from the other side until it's too late. The issue has been raised by many local residents through various forums but never addressed, and no acceptable reason has been provided for why a sign cannot be put here.
This new city of Albany website is a great idea to get issues like this more widely recognized and to show support. Thank you to the city for making this service available.
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City of Albany Admin (Utilizador Registado)
Ray (Visitante)
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Joe (Utilizador Registado)
I very much agree with Guest. There should be no parking allowed in the street anywhere near this intersection. It is EXTREMELY dangerous having to move into the oncoming lane, especially since you can't see it!
Even if there is a stop sign added, the parking should be banned. Strict enforcement is needed, at least for a while after the changes.
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Reconhecida APD Traffic Engineering (Utilizador Registado)
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Joe (Utilizador Registado)
(Note, there are two Joe's in this thread)
It has now been four years. Either a clear "NO" should be posted, or a clear plan of action. This is ridiculous. The council member for Hazelhurst is Frank Commisso Jr, who is now running for mayor. It's inevitable that someone will be killed at that intersection someday. Does Frank want that blood on his hands? Did Bill Trudeau ever follow through with Frank? Is Bill Trudeau even around any more? RSVP, Albany!!
Encerradas APD Traffic Engineering (Utilizador Registado)
Homestead Street is a residential road, feeding homes in the neighborhood. It begins at Western Avenue and ends at Elmhurst/Blanchard Aves. For the most part Homestead Street is used as a residential connector street and not used as a commuter through roadway since it does not connect directly with other major roadways outside of the neighborhood. A major intersection safety factor at this intersection is that there are no eastbound or westbound approaches, meaning Hazlehurst Ave in both directions are one way streets away from the intersection.
We have conducted several reviews for the requested STOP signs on Homestead Street at Hazlehurst Avenue. Our review does not show a warrant for adding STOP signs at this intersection. In addition we are concerned if STOP signs were installed in the northbound direction, there could be an increase for rear end crashes due to the vertical curve in the road. A motorist may not expect to see another stopped at a non-typical location for STOP signs and could have a difficult time braking after cresting the vertical curve.
Motor Vehicle crash reviews were conducted on a few occasions. There have been a total of seven crashes in the vicinity of this intersection since 1996, and none since 2011. The number of crashes over the 19 year time period does not represent a crash problem. A comment mentioned near misses, unfortunately, near misses are not reported and there is no way to quantify these.
Over time, Traffic Engineering has performed work to alert motorists to existing conditions on Homestead St. Some of these items include: intersection warning signs, driveway warning sign, Signs to remind motorists that they are sharing the road with pedestrians, Edge of Road pavement markings to define the pavement edges, Stop Signs at the three way intersection with Cottage Ave, Children at Play signs.
Joe (Utilizador Registado)