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Resident urges action on Park Avenue traffic, warns drivers are avoiding Flock cameras
Summary
A resident told council that traffic and pedestrian safety on Park Avenue has worsened since new counters and nearby Flock cameras were installed and urged the streets committee to consider closure or one-way operation near Food Lion.
During public comment, Vaz Semolov described safety problems on Park Avenue linked to increased visits to Food Lion and nearby changes in traffic patterns. "People trying to walk to Food Lion, trying to cross Park Avenue, having to look back behind you to make sure you're not hit," Semolov said, urging the town to consider closing Park Avenue to access Food Lion or converting it to one-way for vehicles leaving the store.
Semolov said staff had recently installed a counter at the end of the street and that traffic "has significantly gotten worse." He reported residents told him drivers were using Park Avenue as a detour to avoid having their vehicles scanned by Flock cameras installed on 3rd Avenue and VA-340 and that images from those systems are easily available online, which he said raised privacy concerns.
The mayor asked the streets committee to meet with the police chief and look into Park Avenue; council discussion agreed the committee would gather information and schedule a follow-up meeting for potential remedies.
No formal policy change or traffic-control measure was adopted at the meeting; the transcript records a direction to the streets committee to investigate and report back.
