TOWN COUNCIL ELIMINATES U-TURNS ON EDENBURGH’S KEEP DR.

April 19, 2007 - At their April 18th meeting, the Knightdale Town Council voted to outlaw u-turn movements at the entrance to Edenburgh’s Keep subdivision onto Smithfield Rd. The action was necessitated by a change in the traffic pattern at Lockhart Elementary School, just to the south on Smithfield Rd.

Fire Chief Tim Guffey to Council reported that he was told by Wake County Public School System officials that a decision had been made to allow right turn only exiting the school. Most vehicles leaving the school are headed south, and the right turn only exit leaves the neighborhood entrance as the first available location to turn around. The change at the school has unintentionally created an adverse traffic impact at Edenburgh’s Keep, and Council sympathized with those that will have to use Forestville Rd. and Old Knight as the new route back to Knightdale Blvd. The decision to eliminate U-turns is effective immediately as motorists should notice temporary signs being posted by the Street Department.

Seth Lawless