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Valley Stream traffic committee recommends stop signs, one-way signs and parking changes near Gibson, Franklin and Fourth streets
Summary
The board reviewed traffic committee recommendations including installing additional stop signs on Gibson Boulevard, one-way/do-not-enter signs at South Franklin and Sunrise Highway, a left-turn lane on South Franklin, and parking/traffic changes near a Korean barbecue on Fourth Street.
Valley Stream — Trustees reviewed a set of traffic-committee recommendations intended to reduce confusion and improve access on Gibson Boulevard, South Franklin Avenue and nearby Fourth Street.
The first recommendation would add a stop sign on the west side of Gibson Boulevard opposite Wilson Road; a stop sign already exists on the east side at Wilson Road, and the committee said matching signs would reduce driver confusion along the stretch north of Peninsula.
Committee members also recommended installing a do-not-enter sign and a one-way sign at the southeast corner of South Franklin Avenue and Sunrise Highway (near the Staples store), to block an undesired turning movement that committee members said had led to drivers entering the wrong way.
The packet and discussion referenced adding a left-turn lane on South Franklin to channel northbound traffic into a separate turning lane.
Several recommendations focus on Fourth Street near a new Korean barbecue: the committee discussed clarifying ownership of about eight parking spaces in front of an old diner, proposing that the restaurant rent and maintain those spaces; converting part of Parking Field 33 across Fourth Street to a combined business/residential permit area; and restoring Fourth Street to two-way traffic so drivers on Sunrise Highway can turn into the restaurant and associated Lot 19. The meeting record notes a planned relocation of a parking meter machine to support that change and says staff will do additional research before final action.
The discussion in the meeting transcript described each item as a committee recommendation; no final board votes on these traffic items were recorded in the transcript excerpt provided.
