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Residents ask Pickens County for three-way stop at Wilkie and Buchanan; commissioners request speed study
Summary
Residents in the Marble Hill area asked the county to add a three-way stop at Wilkie and Buchanan roads because of blind sight lines and cut-through traffic; county staff recommended collecting a week's worth of speed data before the board considers sign or configuration changes.
Commissioners discussed a resident request to add a three-way stop at Wilkie and Buchanan roads in the Marble Hill area (East District) to improve safety near a subdivision and a school bus stop.
"It kinda makes a blind deal there... I mean, if you pull up on the road, to the right it's kind of a blind deal right there," Speaker 6 said, describing the sight-line issues and noting heavy cut-through traffic. Staff noted previous engineering advice that speed bumps would not be safe in the hilly area and recommended collecting at least one week of speed-count data (including the 80th-percentile speed) to inform a decision.
Unidentified Speaker 1 said that gathering a full week's worth of data would give commissioners a better-informed basis to consider signage or a stop installation at the next meeting. No formal motion or vote was taken; staff will follow up with a speed study and circulate results to the board before the next meeting.
