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Trustees approve temporary stop signs and truck‑restriction signage on Landmark after neighborhood push
Summary
Following neighborhood petitions and a public-safety complaint, trustees authorized temporary stop signs at a Landmark/Michelle intersection, approved ‘no through truck’ signage at the edge of the commercial park, and directed further study of traffic-calming options.
The Village Board on Monday approved temporary traffic-control changes on Landmark Drive after residents pressed for measures to curb cut‑through and commercial traffic.
Trustees and public-works staff discussed data collected on speed and volume. Nicholas Hess, a Landmark resident and member of the Public Works and Sustainability Committee, told the board average daily traffic on Landmark is roughly 770 vehicles and evening-hour counts can spike; petitioning neighbors asked the village to take action to discourage through‑traffic headed to the commercial district.
Trustees approved a motion to install temporary stop signs at the Landmark‑and‑Michelle intersection to test whether adding a control point shifts traffic patterns. The board also approved a ‘no through truck traffic’ sign at the limits between the commercial park and the residential area. Both actions were presented by the Public Works committee as interim measures while staff continues engineering review.
Public-works staff and several trustees stressed the importance of following engineering standards for long-term solutions, and the board directed staff to pursue a more comprehensive traffic-calming study (including possible changes at Limestone and the Highway N approaches) and to present recommended capital options during next year’s budgeting process. Trustees also asked staff to coordinate enforcement and to continue to collect traffic data to measure the temporary stop signs’ effect.
The stop signs were approved as temporary, with staff to review data after the summer and bring a recommendation on permanent controls back to the board. Trustees said they wanted a pragmatic response to resident concerns while a more detailed planning process proceeds.
