Description
Problem:
There is no side walk from the bridge up until the spring gate subdivision (approximately 700 feet). At this point the side walk begins on the other side of the road.
Due to the lack of sidewalk, there are many adults and children alike are crossing the 700 feet pass by either walking on the road itself or by walking 2-3 inches away from the road. This is incredibly dangerous for the pedestrian as well as the drivers on Rucker St. I along with many drivers have had to swerve at 35mph after seeing a pedestrian precariously crossing this area only a few inches from the road. Pedestrians wanting to simply enjoy a morning or evening walk place themselves in mortal peril by crossing this pass. By creating a break in sidewalk, we have in essence segregated the two communities living on either side and significantly discouraged them from walking towards the other side.
Simple Solution:
Connect the existing side walk from before the bridge with the existing sidewalk 200 feet past Harris road. By connecting the two, you will ensure that drivers and pedestrians can coexist safely AND that pedestrians will not have to cross the road after the bridge and jaywalk unnecessarily.
16 Comments
Acknowledged COAADMIN (Verified Official)
Greenmont Owners Association (Registered User)
Citizen of Alpharetta (Guest)
Hickory Ridge Neighbor (Guest)
COAADMIN (Verified Official)
The unfortunate incident in recent weeks had absolutely nothing to do with the presence or lack of sidewalks along Rucker Road. The victim was driving on Rucker Road while looking for her dog that had gotten out of the house. It appears that she found the dog on Rucker and had gotten out of her car and was in the roadway to retrieve the pet when she was struck by an oncoming motorist.
Please do not use this incident to lobby for sidewalks.
The City Council agenda for December 7 includes a discussion on an option for completing Rucker Road corridor improvements. While public comment is not allowed during the meeting on workshop items, you may want to consider attending the meeting or watching the livestream (access at http://www.alpharetta.ga.us/index.php?p=523) of it to hear the plans being discussed.
Hickory Ridge Neighbor (Guest)
COAADMIN (Verified Official)
red (Guest)
COAADMIN (Verified Official)
The City of Alpharetta is hosting a public meeting on April 29 beginning at 7:00 PM at City Hall to present draft designs for the Rucker Road Corridor. These plans have been developed based upon public comments gathered during a series of meetings for residents along the corridor that were held throughout February.
The session will begin with a quick review of what we heard you tell us in the previous meetings; your ideas and your concerns. We will then present the draft designs for the Rucker Road Corridor and how we believe those designs address your comments. If there were ideas or concerns that you mentioned that we could not address, we will discuss why. Then, the floor will be yours as we ask for your feedback to find out how well our design matches your vision and if you have ideas for refining the plan.
We hope that you will plan to join us and that you will invite your neighbors.
COAADMIN (Verified Official)
A quick update on this item.
City Council has approved the concept designs for Rucker Road and included funds in the FY 2014 budget for development of engineered designs for the corridor. The approved corridor designs include 8-foot sidewalks along both sides of Rucker Road.
Staff is currently developing the documents necessary to put out for bid the engineering work necessary to complete the next level of designs. It is anticipated that the engineering work will be completed Fall / Winter 2013.
Resident (Guest)
Hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd like to thank the Admin for ensuring that this continued to remain a key topic and for keeping us updated on the situation. Let me also thank the city for finally addressing this issue. I hope this is completed sometime at the end of this year (2013) .
Please keep us updated.
COAADMIN (Verified Official)
Completion of engineered designs in Fall / Winter 2013 would allow for phasing plans and budgets to be developed in time for some projects to be put forth in the FY 2015 budget proposal. (Note: The City's budget runs from July 1 - June 30). Staff prepares capital budget requests in January of each year.
Based upon this schedule, it is anticipated that the earliest construction could begin on any of the phased projects would be Summer / Fall 2014, dependent upon funding priorities and allocations.
City of Alpharetta (Verified Official)
John (Registered User)
City of Alpharetta (Verified Official)
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