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BZA hearing flags sight-distance, speed-study gaps on proposed Nicodemus Road daycare access
Summary
At a Carroll County Board of Zoning Appeals hearing, witnesses for a proposed daycare on Nicodemus Road said no speed study has been completed; engineers said sight-distance could be met by cutting embankments or using available public right-of-way but that final review would occur in development review.
Carroll County Board of Zoning Appeals members spent extended time probing traffic safety and sight-distance analysis for a proposed daycare driveway on Nicodemus Road, focusing on the absence of a formal speed study and whether required site distances can be met.
Traffic witness Mr. Wilson said the project team has not yet performed a formal speed study on Nicodemus Road and that, absent such a study, county practice uses the posted speed plus 10 mph as the design speed. "In the absence of a speed study, it would be the posted speed plus 10 miles per hour," he testified. He added that his working opinion—based on driving the road and the road geometry—is that the appropriate design speed for parts of the route would likely…
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