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PROS OF 142"" AVENUE CLOSURE 1, Less traffic means less stress on our less Ther have been have more traffic than a normal neighborhood street, semis through our neighborhood on our street cutting through, thus, causing more stress on our roads, 2. Since we do not have street lights, we woul incident last strangers in our neighborhood casing houses. There was an someone pulled into my driveway with lights out and when I turned on my house lights, they took off. 3. We would not have the speeding vehicles through the neighborhood oora with no regard for the safety of our neighborhood. We have y y little children around here that we need to worry about their safety. Especially after the high school gets out and plays bumper tag through our neighborhood. What is 5 minutes out of your life to go around when it means a safer neighborhood for us, Think about it before you decide you DON'T want 142"` Avenue closed. Some suggestions to avoid the excessive traffic would be. 1. No left turn signs into neighborhood area at peak hours, i.e. 3 "8 p,m. weekdays, since the worst time is ft the i ht t oo l ge ough Also, u p at the other end on Dysprosium tt 9 e neighborhood to cut to 47. 2. Put speed humps through the neighborhood to slow vehicles down, Put stop signs to alleviate the speeding. Right now with winter it may not be bad, but wait until spring and summer, especially when the kids are out of school. We have teenagers coming through here and when we have little kids playing, we should not have to worry about if the kids from our neighborhood are going to be hit by a careless speeding driver that is cutting through just to avoid the lights at 5. WE HAVE RIGHTS ALSO111111 —243—