I will work on converting the code of conduct with Kim so everyone can
access it. Thank you.
On Sun, Aug 18, 2019, 11:54 AM Dennis Marrotte <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hello John,
I have two issues here, one not with this, but with everyone's attention,
and I am not all that savvy, but Carson Wood asked if Someone can move the
corrected WSMAC Code of Conduct Document to an E - Mail Letter, and then
Send that to his E - Mail Address, he will be Greatly pleased, due to not
being able to open an Attachment.
The Second Issue concerns the 25 - 15 WHS School Zone - 35 - 15 WMS School
Zone / 35 - 15 WMS School Zone - 35 - 25 - WHS 15 School Zone on
Stroudwater Street between WCD - WHS - Stroudwater Landing Intersection -
WMS - then over the Turnpike where Stroudwater Street becomes Westbrook
Street in Portland and the Reverse when driving towards Westbrook from
Portland. When the WMS School Zone 15MPH Flashing Yellow Light is NOT ON,
and driving from Portland, some drivers are moving right along past the
Animal Refuge League Shelter around the Right Hand uphill Curve and one
comes up quickly on stopped traffic at the Intersection with Stroudwater
Landing on the Left, where drivers may be waiting to Turn L or R into or
out of Stroudwater Landing.
When the short stretch of Stroudwater Street from WCD to Forest Street
being Repaved, is completed, Speed Limit Control will become a Safety
Issue in both Directions, with 2 Schools in the middle. John has an
excellent Idea for future discussion and School starts up in less than a
Month. I do recall one Westbrook City Councilor expressing their concern
about speeding on Stroudwater Street. The Westbrook Middle School is
still located in a " Rural " Area, with a long access driveway while
Westbrook High School is in a Residential Area with a short access main
parking lot driveway.
Thank You
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: John Brooking <johnbrooking4@xxxxxxxxx>
To: wsmac <wsmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, Aug 18, 2019 11:14 am
Subject: [wsmac] Re: Kids Safety Day
Idea for future meeting discussion: Have someone (Erik? Angela?) educate
us about who sets speed limits (I know it’s DOT on some roads, city on
others?), what criteria are considered, and if there is a publicly
available central inventory of all speed zones in the city.
On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 10:04 PM Dennis Marrotte <
dennis.marrotte1111@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
To WSMAC:
Earlier this Evening, I drove up Stroudwater Street from Main Street,
towards the HS, to check out Speed Limit Signs.
Just beyond the intersection with WCD,
there is a 25 MPH Speed Limit Sign on Stroudwater Street, towards the HS.
Near Monroe and Oakland, there is a 15 MPH
School Zone Speed Limit Sign.
Just past Forest Street, there is a 35 MPH Speed Limit Sign and another 35
MPH Speed Limit Sign, just before Laffin Drive. . Then, around the Animal
Refuge League Center, there is the Overhead Flashing Yellow Light for the
WMS School Zone and 15 MPH Speed Limit.
Since the opening of the Stroudwater Landing Road between Spring and
Stroudwater Streets, I have witnessed some backed up Traffic at the
Intersection of Stroudwater Street and Stroudwater Landing.
I would rather see the " Normal " Stroudwater Street Speed Limit
maintained at 25 MPH, from WCD, all the way until past the Westbrook Middle
School Driveway Entrance / Exit.
Then, Portland can discuss what they want to do with the Speed Limit on
the Westbrook Street ( Portland Side of the Turnpike Overpass ), where
developers are building Homes on the former Camelot Farm property.
Dennis Marrotte
On Sat, Aug 17, 2019, 9:22 PM Angela King <angela@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I agree Dennis – many posted speed limits are too fast!
Now that the MaineDOT has backed off on setting speed limits using the
85th percentile rule (speed limits based on the speed at which 85 percent
of vehicles were driving), it's worth requesting to get a road re-evaluated
to reduce the speed limit. People used to be afraid to ask for a road
speed evaluation fearing the speed limit could go up. That is what I was
told when I asked Pownal town officials, but we went ahead and actually did
get a speed limit lowered.
FHWA only recently stopped using the 85th percentile, finally
acknowledging that high speed limits are causing more crashes. So now
MaineDOT does not follow it as strictly as they had, but most roads in
Maine are still posted based on that rule unless they've been re-evaluated
recently.
On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 12:05 PM dennis.marrotte1111 <
dennis.marrotte1111@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Angela,
That is a good suggestion.
The Speed Limit on downtown Main Street IS 25 mph, which I sometimes
believe is exceeded in places, such as between Stroudwater Street and
Captain Bill Hartley Drive, where the Public Safety Building is.
I personally witnessed a very close call with a Pedestrian earlier this
week where Mr. Bagels and River Edge Deli is located. There is NO Crosswalk
there on Main Street. She walked across from Her car to Rivers Edge Deli,
and I stopped heading East. A car heading West stopped but a small 4wd
drive truck nearly rear ended that stopped car, probably due to speeding
and not paying attention.
William Clarke Drive Speed Limit is 35 MPH, which to my mind is TOO FAST
!!!, considering the volume of Large Commercial Vehicles using that road.
Dennis Marrotte
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: Angela King <angela@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 8/17/19 10:36 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: wsmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [wsmac] Re: Kids Safety Day
BCM is planning a statewide speeding campaign, and I have gotten some good
ideas from a group called Keep Kids Alive Drive 25
<https://www.keepkidsalivedrive25.org/>. Though that is the name of the
organization, they also work on speeding in general, distracted driving,
and tailgating. Is the speed limit in most of downtown Westbrook 25mph?
If so, this might be a good slogan for you on Kids Safety Day.
On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 2:06 PM Lee Prince <leeleeprince51@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
That's the ONLY ACCEPTION to the new rule! If you are working and can't
make our special meeting, please let me know way ahead of time.
Dennis, I know you won't be here; you're all set.
Thank you all
Leelee
On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 2:05 PM Lee Prince <leeleeprince51@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Thank you John. No worries about not going ;)
On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 12:42 PM John Brooking <johnbrooking4@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Our special prep meeting is Saturday 9/7 at 2 PM, at Dunkin' if available.
(If not, we can probably use the Westbrook Warren church.)
I would prefer not to go the the 9/4 walk-through, since it's the middle
of my work morning.
On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 9:04 AM Lee Prince <leeleeprince51@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I received this email yesterday: "We will do our walkthrough meeting on
Wednesday 9/4 at 10:30. I’ll send out a reminder as it gets closer. I’ll
be out of the office next week, so if you have any questions please direct
them to Kathleen Grenier kgrenier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
We have started promoting the event and we will have the official flyer
soon.
Joe"
I spoke to Joe through email and we are slotted to set up in the bank
parking lot as usual.
Reminder: If you want to volunteer for this event, you MUST go to our
special meeting in September! *I just woke up; I'll post the date later
today* If you don't go to that meeting, you won't be able to volunteer.
Also, be sure to read the Code of Conduct that Kimberly created after our
meeting Wednesday.
Leelee
