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Planning commission declines to recommend revised Racetrack traffic-signal plan after safety and corridor concerns
Summary
The commission heard competing technical and business arguments over a proposed change to off-site signalization on Highway 72, accepted an applicant presentation and a Waggles letter offering corridor-study funding, but voted against recommending the amendment to city council, citing queuing and corridor-timing concerns.
Taylor Forrester, representing applicant Racetrack Incorporated, told the Loudon Regional Planning Commission the requested amendment replaces an earlier split, multi-signal configuration with a single signal and reworked turn lanes on Highway 72 to improve safety and level of service. “We submit that this is a positive improvement to this stretch of this commercial corridor,” Forrester said, describing modeling that raised the level-of-service grade at key driveways from E/D to C.
Melissa Clark, real estate director for Wigles Incorporated, said Wigles remains concerned that queued vehicles could back…
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