Saturday, August 22, 2009

A Letter from Broward County Concerning Walking through Construction to Discovery Elementary

When the school year begins, another new elementary school serving Lauderhill will open. A lot of work has gone into preparing for its opening, and one of the issues is the construction of Pine Island Road which borders the school. The following is a letter from Broward County, who is responsible for the construction of Pine Island Road, and how they are handling the pedestrian traffic (Note: there was no attachment to this letter):

Ladies & Gentlemen,

On Monday August 17, 2009 @ 10:00 AM a meeting was held at the Construction Office at Pine Island Road & NW 50 Street. The meeting was attended by representatives of the County, Contractor, Consultant and the School Board. The purpose of this meeting was to review the temporary provisions for pedestrian traffic along the Pine Island Road corridor from the neighborhoods, to the affected schools. Attached is a schematic copy of the walk routes that will be available and anticipated completion dates.

On the west side of Pine Island Road from Oakland Park Boulevard to NW 53 Court: temporary sidewalk will be in place.
On the west side of Pine Island Road from NW 53 Court to Commercial Boulevard: sidewalk has been provided behind the fence on the school property.
On the west side of Pine Island Road from Commercial Boulevard to NW 53 Court: a temporary right turn lane will be completed into Discovery Elementary.

On the east side of Pine Island Road from Oakland Park Boulevard to NW 44 Street: temporary sidewalk will be in place.
On the east side of Pine Island Road from NW 44 Street to NW 50 Street: new concrete sidewalk is complete.
On the east side of Pine Island Road from NW 50 Street to Commercial Boulevard: new concrete sidewalk is anticipated to be complete after Labor Day.

In the interim VMS Boards will be placed at NW 52 Street and NW 53 Court advising pedestrians to use alternate routes to access the established crossing guards at NW 50 Street and Commercial Boulevard.

If I may be of any assistance Please contact me at 954-XXX-XXXX

Thank you,

Donald G Quinn, Project Manager
BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Highway Construction & Engineering Division



NOTE: Lauderhill is involved in additional discussions to resolve concerns raised from this letter. Therefore, it could be subjected to modifications.

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