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Stanley council withdraws petition to close portion of West Plum Street, orders safety study
Summary
The Stanley Town Council unanimously withdrew a petition to close a portion of West Plum Street and voted to pursue a traffic input analysis and engineering study to determine whether the right-of-way is safe for future travel.
The Stanley Town Council on Sept. 8 unanimously withdrew a petition to close a portion of West Plum Street and directed staff to pursue a traffic input analysis and an engineering study to assess safety. Mayor Cathy Kirkland told the council the decision followed months of consideration and review of public input from the earlier hearing.
The action came during a continued public hearing on the proposed closure. Council Member Leigh Anna Helms moved to close the hearing and later moved to withdraw the petition; Council Member Marsha Miskelly seconded the withdrawal motion. Both motions passed on unanimous 5-0 votes.
Planning or engineering was not directed to a specific timeline in the meeting record; the council’s expressed next step is the traffic input analysis and an engineering study to inform any future decisions about the right-of-way. No members of the public spoke on the matter at this meeting, and the Town Clerk recorded no submitted comments.
The council’s vote formally ends the current petition to close that portion of West Plum Street and preserves the right-of-way while the town pursues technical study. The council closed the public hearing with the withdrawal motion and will consider results of the forthcoming analyses before any further action.
