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Glendale Neighborhood raises safety concerns over Flam Road resurfacing and potential traffic diversion to Tompkins Drive
Summary
A Glendale Neighborhood Association representative asked the Transportation Commission to coordinate safety measures for adjacent residential streets ahead of Flam Road resurfacing scheduled for July–November, warning that traffic could divert onto Tompkins Drive — a residential two-block street with no stop signs and school access.
Douglas (Doug) Davis, vice president of the Glendale Neighborhood Association and longtime resident of the Glendale neighborhood, spoke during public comment at the Transportation Commission meeting to urge additional safety planning ahead of a Flam Road resurfacing project scheduled to begin this July and run through November.
Davis described Flam Road as a main east–west artery between Stoughton Road and Monona Drive with stoplights at both ends and said the plans include upgraded pedestrian crossings and improved bike lanes. His concern, echoed by neighbors at a recent spring meeting, focused on where traffic will divert during construction: "If they can't use Flam, they're gonna cut through into the Glendale neighborhood, which at 2 blocks south is Tompkins Drive," Davis said, noting that Tompkins currently has no stop signs and is already used as a cut-through.
Davis said he raised two questions at a March 12 public meeting with project manager Steve Sontag: whether traffic would be routed onto Tompkins and whether additional safety strategies would be implemented on that street. He said the recorded response from the project manager was that traffic would not be directed by the project and that stop signs would not be added on Tompkins. Davis asked the commission to name a staff representative to meet with the Glendale Neighborhood Association to discuss mitigation, and said he would submit his comments in writing for staff follow-up.
Commission staff thanked Davis and asked him to send the written comments; staff said they would forward the submission to all commission members and follow up. Davis said the neighborhood had been working with the MPD neighborhood resource officer and had posted slowdown-for-kids signs and sought portable speed enforcement units. He provided an email address and asked for a staff or commissioner volunteer to meet with the neighborhood board.
