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(8/29/2011) Keith Marvin - Re: Sandy Lake TreesPage 1
From:
Betty Bailey <BHBAILEY@VERIZON.NET>
To:
"Keith Marvin" <kmarvin@coppelltx.gov>
Date:
6/16/2011 2:38 PM
Subject:
Re: Sandy Lake Trees
I do appreciate your responding; and I understand that the idea for
this "improvement" didn't originate with you.
It's hard to understand why we need another "thoroughfare" through a
residential area like this, but I also know we should have gotten
involved in the discussion earlier.
This will be a corridor carrying people right past Coppell from 114
all the way to I35. And I believe it will be detrimental to life in
Coppell. And I wonder now if the big trucks will be coming straight
through, as well.
Those of us living in the neighborhood of Summer Place, where the
homes are low values compared to the rest of Coppell, some of us
retired here in order to help care for our grandchildren, etc., , will
find it increasingly difficult to leave the neighborhood through parts
of the day. And we have only one way out here in Summer Place.
When there is the rare wreck at our entrance, we are unable to leave
the neighborhood sometimes until it is cleared; we can only hope we
never have to leave in an ambulance at such a time, or to pick up a
grandchild who could be stranded at school. School buses, which are
numerous in our neighborhood, will have to deal with the same delays
and inconveniences.
During the rush hours, I imagine we will be forced to go right in
order to turn around and come back to the left. It is very
discouraging. I will be picking my grandson up at Wilson next year
(a right turn) but at times my granddaughter at the high school when
the weather is bad (left turn.)
At the very least, I would hope we would be provided with a second way
out of this neighborhood, which we could use now! Recently, a moving
truck at the first home on the right of our entrance, forced us to
take the wrong lane in order to get out.
The landscaping I'm sure will be attractive and replacement of trees
will be appreciated.
And I really do appreciate your response.
Thanks,
Betty Bailey
On Jun 16, 2011, at 1:28 PM, Keith Marvin wrote:
(8/29/2011) Keith Marvin - Re: Sandy Lake TreesPage 2
> My name is Keith Marvin, and I am the project engineer for the Sandy
> Lake Road street widening project. Thank you for contacting the
> city to express your concerns about the tree removal taking place in
> advance of this project. It is a shame that so many trees are being
> removed in order to make way for this project. This project will
> provide many important improvements through this corridor, including
> additional vehicular capacity, pedestrian access and safety
> improvements, utility enhancements, and drainage improvements to
> name a few.
>
> This project will also include landscaping. We are working on
> finalizing the landscaping an irrigation design as we move closer to
> construction. The median landscaping will be a continuation of the
> same style of plantings that are found on the rest of the previously
> widened sections of Sandy Lake Road. We are still discussing
> internally the landscaping that will take place on the south side of
> the road along the proposed hike & bike trail, but we expect to
> preserve some of the trees in this area, and perhaps replace some of
> the ones that have been removed.
>
> Please feel free to call me to discuss this project at your
> convenience.
>
> Keith
>
>
>
> Keith Marvin, P.E.
> Project Engineer
> (972) 304-3681
>
>
>
>>>> On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Betty Bailey <BHBAILEY@VERIZON.NET
>>>> > wrote:
> I'm just sick over the way Sandy Lake looks as the trees are cut
> down. I hope there are plans to plant more trees along the new street
> borders!
>
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