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Is it possible to install sidewalks on both Walton Ferry and Sanders Ferry as there is much pedestrian traffic with no safe place to walk.
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Is it possible to install sidewalks on both Walton Ferry and Sanders Ferry as there is much pedestrian traffic with no safe place to walk.
22 Comments
Zen Master (Guest)
me (Guest)
nancy hunt (Guest)
Walkers need a place to walk' kids need a place for bikes/skateboards. It isn't about transportation - it is about quality & safety of life
Jackson Clark (Guest)
If you want a sidewalk, move off of Walton Ferry to another neighborhood. There are NOT available funding or enough viable public space to destroy Walton Ferry for pedestrians. I guess you don't care about the people that would have to drive through the traffic for the year it would take them to add sidewalks down the street. It's simply unrealistic to demand a sidewalk when there are plenty of places you can do your walking that aren't off one of the main roads in Hendersonville.
Also, don't insult other people because you don't approve of their idea, that's just childish.
Jerri (Guest)
Eric (Guest)
The real problem is the jackasses that use the roads as their own personal race track. If people were more aware, I would have no fear about riding the Walton Ferry/Sanders Ferry loop. I used to about 6 years ago, then something strange happened. Almost every time I would go out, even riding tightly against the shoulder, people would zoom past and very close, even though there was no need for them to be that close.
Walton Ferry Penninsula Resident (Guest)
James (Guest)
No one is going to move at your suggestion, and this issue has nothing to really do with drivers. It's a lack of available land for the city of Hendersonville to excavate, smooth, and shape the land to add more sidewalks. I don't know if you've noticed but there just isn't the space available on public land for such a task.
The other issue is that while there are many children, they should definitely not be hiking up and down Walton or Sanders Ferry, as there are numerous side streets that run parallel with these roads. It should be an easy remedy to teach your children that the most direct route is not always the safest.
If you've lived there since 1972, you're already aware of the traffic issue, and I've yet to see or experience anyone "flashing lights and honking when you are driving the speed limit." It's not that I'm saying it didn't happen, but it's not so common as you're alluding. I drive these roads several times a week, as it's the only ingress to the peninsula, so it's not as though I'm out of touch. If someone is tailing you when you're driving at the limit, feel free to ease off the accelerator pedal until they get the hint that you're not going to zoom zoom.
Bob (Guest)
Jeff Davis (Guest)
Bob (Guest)
Jeff,
You're what's wrong with this county and should be removed from office.
Bob (Guest)
Jeff,
What you really mean to say is that money would be better spent by the city and county's boss; Halo.
Nancy Hunt (Guest)
Jackson Clark (Guest)
Jerri Stevenson (Guest)
Safe Routes to School Program Grant
The City of Hendersonville has applied to Tennessee Department of Transportation for a grant in the amount of $249,905 to construct 0.7 mile of sidewalk along the west side of Walton Ferry Road from Morris Drive to Hawkins Middle School. This will be an extension of the existing sidewalk / trail which runs from Walton Ferry Elementary School past Windstar Bay and Chesapeake Harbor to Morris Drive. A map of the project may be viewed here.
This grant program is called the Safe Routes to School Program and is designed to increase opportunities for children to walk and bike to school. The exercise improves the health of our children while the reduced car traffic reduces congestion and pollution. More importantly, this section of Walton Ferry is very dangerous for children to walk on as there is no shoulder. The sidewalk will eliminate this safety hazard.
This is a project the City could not fund on its own. The grant provides 100% funding and grant awards will be announced in approximately 6 months.
This information was obtained from: http://www.hvilletn.org/News
Nancy (Guest)
Nancy Hunt (Guest)
Marshall Travers (Guest)
Nancy (Guest)
Hi - this is an ongoing issue; it has not been fixed and is a serious problem. Please continue to bring this to the public's attention.
Thank you - Nancy Hunt
Jeff Davis (Guest)
Mamaville (Registered User)
Nancy (Registered User)