KERNERSVILLE
The town's board of aldermen agreed Tuesday night to lower the speed limit on seven streets in northeast Kernersville to 25 mph after residents complained that the 35- mph limit was too fast.
The aldermen voted unanimously to lower the speed limit on Lakeshore Drive, Porter Lane, Bost Street, Bost Crossing, Janeway Court, Stella Blue Court and Porter Trace Drive.
About 40 residents signed a petition asking the town to lower the speed limit, Town Manager Curtis Swisher said.
Kernersville police Chief Neal Stockton said that officers monitoring traffic on the streets indicated that there was no aggressive driving. The average speed of the vehicles that officers monitored was between 30 mph and 40 mph.
However, there are driveways along the streets, especially on Bost Street, Swisher and Stockton said. Children and other pedestrians also walk along those streets, mostly before and after school. The neighborhood is near Kernersville Middle School.
Tim Shields, the town's public-works director, wrote in a memo dated Nov. 20 that the aldermen approved a subdivision on Bost Street several years ago. The lots required that driveways be built 50 to 60 feet apart, a factor that justified lowering the speed limit.
The town will post signs with the new 25-mph speed limit on the seven streets within two to three weeks, Shields told the aldermen.
In other business, the aldermen voted unanimously to schedule a public hearing Jan. 6 about a resolution to close a section of Stafford Annex between 131 Forest Drive and 153 Forest Drive. The hearing will be at 7 p.m. during the aldermen's meeting in town hall.
Town Attorney John Wolfe said that Kernersville should maintain a 40-foot easement on Stafford Annex for drainage and sewer service.
The aldermen also voted unanimously to enter into an agreement with the N.C. Department of Transportation to spend $80,000 on landscape plantings along downtown Main Street and along the North Main Street corridor between Mountain Street and Railroad Street.
The DOT allocated the money for the project after the town asked the agency to help with improving the landscaping along North Main Street.
■ John Hinton can be reached at 727-7299 or at jhinton@wsjournal.com.
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