tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post4297526758855638723..comments2024-01-16T19:32:02.006-08:00Comments on .: The Road To Privatization: For Or Against?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-26554251656874134722011-06-20T05:32:10.151-07:002011-06-20T05:32:10.151-07:00Hwy 9 traffic will go even slower when the new med...Hwy 9 traffic will go even slower when the new medians are put in for pedestrians and speed limit to 35mph. Enjoy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-20328695489089009632011-06-17T18:03:14.934-07:002011-06-17T18:03:14.934-07:00If a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his arse ...If a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his arse every time he jumps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-79786689840726468202011-06-17T04:43:34.392-07:002011-06-17T04:43:34.392-07:00If Tina was still on council this would not have h...If Tina was still on council this would not have happened!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-77277530879985337802011-06-16T14:16:33.924-07:002011-06-16T14:16:33.924-07:00In an ideal world, Milton would have been develope...In an ideal world, Milton would have been developed with the connectivity to allow drivers to move freely north-south and east-west through Milton, but unfortunately that is not the case.<br /><br />Residents of the east side of Milton are already "screaming" (to use Mike Hadden's words) about the north-south traffic on Highway 9 and Cogburn Road, but CPAC and the Mayor and Council don't seem to care.<br /><br />The solution to the north-south traffic problem has been to allow commuters from north Milton and Forsyth and Cherokee counties to use Creek Club Drive as a bypass to avoid the traffic on Highway 9(like drivers use I-285 to bypass the Atlanta traffic on I-85.)<br /><br />There has to be a better way - the City needs to make improvements to Highway 9 and Cogburn Road to allow the traffic to flow.<br /><br />I live in Milton. I travel on these roads every day, and I am definitely in the pro-privatization camp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-88728625850357626642011-06-16T09:54:56.750-07:002011-06-16T09:54:56.750-07:00Gate the entire city, put up large wooden fences a...Gate the entire city, put up large wooden fences and close off the city to all the outsiders. Get rid of the police and replace with security guards and gates. Privatize the fire deparatmet. Instead of a city council, have all the sub-division homeowner's associations send a representative to a council. Pay for our own roads and only allow people who live here in the gates.....THERE, THAT'S THE MILTON WE ALL VOTED FOR!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-21009363499765507822011-06-15T07:17:43.694-07:002011-06-15T07:17:43.694-07:00Crooked Creek should enforce their own within thei...Crooked Creek should enforce their own within their community. I work in there and always someone is on my tail and then all of a sudden they slow down and yes, there you go, the garage door is opening up. Your problem is your own people. Work there first then if all else fails try to get your permit for gating. That will really upset them. Waiting at the gate to get in and out! Can't wait!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862313.post-31427212306478013662011-06-14T18:53:32.273-07:002011-06-14T18:53:32.273-07:00I'm in the anti-privatization camp on this one...I'm in the anti-privatization camp on this one. We know that the road to privatization of streets results in gated communities. Logically, costs for policing in GCs are reduced because patrols are no longer necessary. However, there are costs in increased response times for police and fire that should be considered. Should the subdivision privatizing the roads be required to purchase the roads from the municipality? Probably.<br /><br />Additional costs are the impact on congestion of the arterials that surround the community. The same people that privatized the roads inside the subdivision, will be screaming to widen the arterial roads outside their subdivision when they become too congested. This will cost all the taxpayers not just those that benefited from the privatization of their roads.<br /><br />I believe we should be focusing on connectivity as much as possible while ensuring neighborhood streets are designed in a safe way so that safe speeds (25mph or less) are dictated by the street and that through traffic is not encouraged. This would eliminate some local traffic on arterials and thus reduce the traffic there. <br /><br />Some other considerations are:<br />1. Pedestrian Impacts<br />2. Bicycling Impacts<br />3. Crime Reallocation<br />4. Time lost due to increased congestion<br />5. Land use impacts<br /><br />An interesting page to look at is Roadway Connectivity: Creating More Connected Road and Pathway Networks on the Victoria Transport Policy Institute’s page vtpi.org<br /><br />Mike<br />NewUrbanRoswell.comMike Haddenhttp://www.newurbanroswell.comnoreply@blogger.com