Rose Hill residents press city for 4‑way stops, city points to traffic‑calming program and upcoming tests

Rose Hill neighborhood residents on April raised safety concerns and asked the Volunteer Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee (VPAC) to push for four‑way stops at Forest and Henry and at Concord and Forest.

"We would like there to be four‑way stops instead of two‑way stops at Forest and Henry and Concord and Forest," said Dean Hanson, secretary of the Roseville Neighborhood Association, citing frequent speeding and visibility problems near the community lab school.

The request came during VPAC’s public‑comment period and prompted a staff response from Ben Chambers, the city’s transportation planning manager. Chambers said the city is developing a citywide traffic‑calming program and will run tests of physical treatments over the coming summer and fall. "There are some things that we need to test, and Roseville is one of the neighborhoods where we're gonna put some of those things over the summer and fall months coming up," Chambers said.

Chambers said stop‑sign locations are reviewed by the city’s traffic engineer and that Rose Hill’s request is already on the traffic engineer’s to‑do list following a submission about a year ago. He noted a recently hired traffic engineer is working through a backlog.

Staff also described a separate, longer small‑area planning process for the Tampa neighborhood that could consider the network as a whole; Chambers said spot improvements can still be installed while the two‑year plan is underway.

The discussion closed with staff offering a follow‑up to neighborhood representatives and agreeing to provide more background on the traffic‑calming process and timing.

VPAC recorded no formal motion or vote on the Rose Hill request during the meeting; rather, staff committed to follow up and to include Rose Hill in the list of neighborhoods slated for testing this year.