Winfield Ridge residents press council to require fire gate as developer resists
Residents of Winfield Ridge told the Newcastle City Council on April 1 that a fire gate is the only effective mitigation for a proposed through street; city staff say they have met the developer but have not reached agreement and emphasized a hearing-examiner-required traffic monitoring plan.
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Residents of the Winfield Ridge and White Hawk neighborhoods urged the Newcastle City Council on April 1 to require a fire gate on a proposed through street tied to a new housing development, saying the gate is the only practical measure to prevent cut-through speeding that would endanger children.
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