This issue was a person had knocked over one of the stop signs and there was a street "light" not "Traffic light" on the NE corner of the intersection needed to be replaced as it is hard for drivers to see pedestrians! The issue with taking away the 4way stop, you all just move one mess from the intersection of Ventana Village and Universe (as you conveniently put a traffic light there) and moved the mess there to Ventana Road and Universe by removing the 4 way stop! This 4way stop slowed down traffic and it took me 8 minutes to get from Ventana Road onto Universe as the vehicles going North/South on Universe are now going between 45+ miles per hour! This was not a good move and this does not benefit us residents who live in these communities who use this intersection! Again, you moved one mess to another!

District 5 planning for 2014, they are getting ready to open up universe and Irving to 4 lane traffic and put in stop light there. I think this is why they remove the 4 way stop sign. As I can image the traffic at universe and Irving can back up to the stop sign if stop light is install. This suppose to be done by the end of 2014.

Personally I like this new traffic pattern better. It makes more sense to have a light near Ventana Ranch Elementary and then another light (eventually) at Universe and Irving than a 4 way stop In the old location. It would be impractical to leave stop signs in the old location with the new lights. Thank you ABQ.

The message boards for a traffic pattern change have been put up the other day at the intersection of Universe and Ventana Road, but it does not appear as though anything has been done to the surrounding median to remove any of the shrubbery/trees to make this intersection safer after the stop signs are removed once again. The last time they were removed, I found it very difficult seeing if there's traffic coming while trying to make a left turn off of Ventana Rd (heading west) onto Universe (going south) because of all the obstruction (e.g. shrubs/trees) in the median to the right. In my lifetime, I cannot recall stop signs ever being removed (other than replacing them with stop lights), or perhaps a traffic circle as was suggested on the VRHA website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ventana-Ranch-Neighborhood-Association/449948721746302. In fact, I oftentimes avoided this intersection while the stop signs were removed the last time as I felt it was a safety hazard due to the poor visibility.