The dangerous curve that has served for decades as the intersection of South Duncan Avenue and Eleventh Street now has a big arrow to guide northbound traffic to the east toward South Hill Avenue and on to West Sixth Street.
This may not be the most dangerous curve on Northwest Arkansas' Heritage Trail, but to the Town Branch neighborhood and people who daily use it while cutting through the neighborhood it has been a point of concern, even before the old extension of Duncan that led into Don Hoodenpyle's driveway to the north and to the now-destroyed mobilehome park to the west was dug out in the expectation of creating a southeast entry to the now-on-hold Aspen Ridge townhouse development in the winter or spring of 2006.
So thanks to Perry Franklin and the others who try to keep our transportation infrastructure functional and safe.
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You probably don't like seeing our group drive out on Aspen Ridge to do a little mud runnin. We could make that a permanent playground for three- and four-wheelers and big-tired pickups if people like you didn't keep pushing to get the condos built and all the other things that would ruin it for us.
What's with that big arrow? It won't keep our guys from taking the short cut into the development site. Don't leave home or you'll miss the fun!
I don't know what group you mean. I have seen several vehicles out there stirring dust or mud, depending on the weather, many times. Usually only one vehicle, although a couple have come out at once a few times.
The people I have talked to who were running their offroad-equipped vehicles there have been nice and understood when I explained that mud they track onto the streets becomes silt in the Town Branch and thus in Beaver Lake. The guys who like to fish seemed to get the point about spawning success of smallmouth bass and other native fish. The ones who don't fish paid more attention to the explanation of how increasing the turbidity of the lake will increase their water-treatment cost as reflected on their water bill.
Whatever it takes.
Anyway, the big arrow won't prevent your driving off the end of the street to the left of the sign posts if you seriously want to risk life and limb and potential expensive repair costs. And it won't keep anyone from going in on the right of the sign to visit Hoodenpyle's house or get out on the Aspen Ridge site. It is there to encourage people driving north on Duncan to slow down and keep to the right and avoid a head-on collision with someone coming west on 11th St. And judging by what I witnessed yesterday, it is already working.
Too many near-collisions have occurred there in my years here. Mr. Hoodenpyle can show you the trees and posts that have been hit, including a pine in his yard. He has been there more than 3 decades.
It is pathetic that people in your neighborhood could be proud of a big arrow on a couple of posts. The developers have slapped you all down and you can't get up.
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