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Homewood public-safety committee backs restriping, sends design and parking permit proposals to budget and council
Summary
Committee approved temporary restriping to reduce pedestrian risk at Oxmoor and Saint Charles, referred Phase 1 design to budget hearings, and advanced a residential parking-permit ordinance to council; business loading and private-property parking raised implementation questions.
Homewood's public-safety committee voted Aug. 4 to begin temporary restriping at the Oxmoor Road and Saint Charles intersection to shorten diagonal crossings, and sent the engineered Phase 1 design to the budget hearings for funding; the committee also moved a residential parking-permit ordinance to council for formal consideration.
The committee's discussion focused on pedestrian safety, vehicle maneuvering and delivery access in the Oxmoor-Saint Charles commercial corridor. Brian (city engineer/presenter) described a three-phase plan that removes diagonal crosswalks, adds curb bulb-outs to shorten pedestrian crossings, and straightens…
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