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(9/9/2011) Keith Marvin - RE: SignagePage 1
From:
"Ken Hevron" <khevron1@verizon.net>
To:
"'Keith Marvin'" <kmarvin@coppelltx.gov>
Date:
9/2/2010 5:12 PM
Subject:
RE: Signage
Keith:
Thanks very much for the response.
I know that one of the things we concluded at our conference on
August 24 was that it would really help to use more specificity in referring
to the area affected by the construction/detour, and that "Old Town Coppell"
was much better than the present "West Bethel Road." I believe your solution
will improve the current ambiguity and lack of signage and appreciate your
efforts in this regard. I look forward to seeing the changes next week.
Ken Hevron
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Keith Marvin - RE: Signage
From: "Ken Hevron" <khevron1@verizon.net>
To: "'Keith Marvin'" <KMARVIN@coppelltx.gov>
Date: 9/2/2010 12:28 PM
Subject: RE: Signage
CC: "'Gary Sieb'" <gsieb@coppelltx.gov>
Keith:
Have you had a chance yet to put some ideas down about the signage problem for the Old Town
businesses as it relates to West Bethel Road construction?
south
I was thinking, if nothing else, maybe to have three signs put up, one on the bound approach to
north
Bethel on Denton Tap, another on the bound approach to Bethel on Denton Tap, and the last (maybe
bigger) next to whatever sign is at the intersection itself (right after turning westward onto Bethel Road from
Denton Tap or, for that matter, heading westward from east Bethel Road across the intersection) that faces east
and that one would see if he/she was looking to go westward from Denton Tap on Bethel (I guess that’s right
where the construction begins and the closure and detour are announced), to the effect: “TO ACCESS OLD
TOWN COPPELL BUSINESSES, GO SOUTH AND TAKE SOUTHWESTERN WEST FROM DENTON TAP
ROAD.” I’m not sure whether those taking that recommended route would find a follow-up sign at South Coppell
Road and Southwestern that makes it clear that the access to Old Town businesses continues by turning onto
South Coppell Road. Maybe the misspelled detour sign that’s there now does that, but I don’t think so, as there is
no reference to the businesses or, for that matter, to “Old Town Coppell.” Maybe also add something there that
makes that clear.
I think the three identical signs on Denton Tap and Bethel Road itself would go a long way toward solving
the problem. It would also help to add a top line to the big signs on west Bethel (did you say west of Freeport?)
and Southwestern that now say, “BUSINESSES REMAIN OPEN . . . ,” which added line would say, “OLD TOWN
COPPELL,” so that then they would make it clear that the businesses that sign is referring to are the ones in Old
Town Coppell. As they are now, at least for the one on Southwestern, one doesn’t know what businesses are
being referred to.
Thanks, Keith, I look forward to hearing from you.
Ken Hevron
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