{"author_link":"\/users\/ufc-286","author_name":"Ufc 286","author_uid":"ufc-286","comments":[],"epoch":1679047969,"event":"LD52","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":325923,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"172199","p_author":"Ufc 286","p_authorkey":"1325918","p_urlkey":"401529","p_title":"[!*MMA@FIGHT!*]!UFC 286 Live Stream Broadcast On Tv Chnnel","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD52","p_time":"1679047969","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1325918","us_name":"Ufc 286","us_username":"ufc-286","event_start":"1672963200","event_key":"116","event_name":"Ludum Dare 52"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD52","removed_author":false},"_superparent":313060,"_trust":-1000,"author":325918,"body":"GREENWICH, CT \u2014 Greenwich is looking to fix a \u201clong-brewing\u201d public safety issue on Bruce Park Avenue, and one possibility is the removal of on-street parking over a 280-foot stretch of roadway. But some residents say the precious spots are needed, and they urged the town to find other solutions.\n\nLast Thursday, Greenwich Deputy Police Chief Kraig Gray, who also heads the town\u2019s parking services department, went before the Board of Selectmen and said parking services has received complaints about safety and traveling along Bruce Park Avenue.\n\nEmployees from the Department of Public Works Engineering and Highway Divisions, along with parking services personnel and First Selectman Fred Camillo, met with a group of nearby residents last November to discuss concerns surrounding a vertical curve on the roadway, about 500 feet east of Davis Avenue.\n\nCivil engineer for the town, Michael Kiselak, told the selectmen last week the road is unsafe due to the combination of inadequate sight-lines and on-street parking that cause cars to cross the center of the road going up the curve on either side.\n\nThere are no sidewalks along this portion, so pedestrians use the roadway as a result.\n\nWATCH \u2591\u2592\u2593\u2588\u2588\u25baUFC 286 Live \n\nWATCH \u2591\u2592\u2593\u2588\u2588\u25baUFC 286 Live \n\n\nFind out what\u2019s happening in Greenwichwith free, real-time updates from Patch. Your email address Let\u2019s go! The recommendation is to eliminate on-street parking for a 280-foot segment \u2014 140 feet on either side of the curve. There\u2019s already no parking allowed on the north side of the road, Kiselak noted. Roughly seven spaces on the south side would be eliminated.\n\nThe selectmen did not take any action and instead decided to wait two weeks to allow time for public comment to come in.\n\nThe town conducted a Stopping Sight Distance (SSD) study, which determines the distance a vehicle needs to be able to see in front of them to identify an object and then come to a safe stop.\n\nFor a 25 mph road, the distance needed is about 150 feet, Kiselak said, and a bit more going downhill because of gravity.\n\n\u201cThe results of this study are basically that you can\u2019t see. You have blind spots until you pretty much reach the top of the curve. You can\u2019t see something that\u2019s 150 feet or less in front of you until you basically have crested the curve,\u201d Kiselak said, also noting the narrowness of the road and on-street parking.\n\n\u201cYou could be in a situation where two cars cross over the center of the road if there is on-street parking, and can be driving head-on, or there could be something in the road and they can\u2019t see that until they basically meet at the top,\u201d he added.\n\nResident Patty Thibault Hopper said the elimination of the parking spaces would negatively affect a home that has been in her family for over 60 years.\n\nThibault Hopper\u2019s father purchased 287 Bruce Park Ave., a two-family home in 1962, and rented it out.\n\n\u201cMy father bought this house for rent and for his livelihood, his income and retirement,\u201d Thibault Hopper said.\n\nHer parents both died, so the house was left to Thibault Hopper\u2019s brother, Alan, who also relies on the rent income.\n\nThe town owns a majority of the front of the property, Thibault Hopper said, so there\u2019s no driveway. For years, tenants have utilized two parking spots in front of the house through permits obtained from Town Hall.\n\n\u201cTaking away these spots will financially affect the rent income for my brother in a negative way. The amount charged for rent will have to decrease because where will the tenants park?\u201d Thibault Hopper said. https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ufc286crackon\/ analysis.com\/sample\/946be8e22fa50db7f8d986891f1103f35b6c6de0a26faa12ca3ee2477f6f7f6f Thibault Hopper said she obtained records covering the past 10 years which showed that no motor vehicle accidents have occurred in front of the house.\n\nShe suggested the speed limit be reduced to 15 mph, and that more signage should be added to alert motorists and pedestrians about the dangers of the roadway.\n\nKiselak said the state would have to approve a speed limit change, and anything under 25 mph is unreasonable to enforce. Signage would also not fix the SSD problem, he said.\n\n\u201cPublic safety is always our main concern, and it always will be. We also don\u2019t want to hurt people, especially in a case where maybe there wasn\u2019t an accident in that particular spot. That doesn\u2019t mean there couldn\u2019t be one, but certainly there may be other options here that would not take away their rights to park there, and really I personally believe this would affect rental prices and convenience,\u201d Camillo said.\n\nCamillo said other problems could arise, such as tenants having to park far away and getting hit by a car walking home at night.\n\nHe mentioned the possibility of homeowners \u201creclaiming some of the town property\u201d and creating some parking.\n\n\u201cI know it costs money, but it\u2019s better than having an accident or devaluing somebody\u2019s home,\u201d he said.\n\nKiselak told Camillo he\u2019d circle back with more details on reported accidents in the area.\n\nBarbara Zappavigna, another longtime resident of Bruce Park Avenue, said speeding is the main issue and that perhaps a speed bump would help. She also said there aren\u2019t enough signs to denote that Bruce Park Avenue is a dead end; people think it\u2019s a cut-through to Interstate-95, she said.\n\n\u201cSeven spaces is a lot to take away on that street. People struggle now to find parking, and I\u2019ve seen it over the years I\u2019ve been there,\u201d Zappavigna said. \u201cI\u2019m grateful you\u2019re willing to look into it. I understand what my neighbors are going through and I feel for them and I understand where they\u2019re coming from.\u201d\n\n","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2023-03-17T13:01:35Z","created":"2023-03-17T10:11:02Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":325923,"love":0,"meta":[],"modified":"2023-03-17T13:01:35Z","name":"[!*MMA@FIGHT!*]!UFC 286 Live Stream Broadcast On Tv Chnnel","node-timestamp":"2023-03-17T10:12:57Z","parent":325919,"parents":[1,5,9,313060,325919],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/$325919\/boxingufc-286-live-stream-broadcast-on-tv-chnnel","published":"2023-03-17T10:12:49Z","scope":"public","slug":"boxingufc-286-live-stream-broadcast-on-tv-chnnel","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1015504},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"325923","n_urlkey":"401529","n_parent":"325919","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/$325919\/boxingufc-286-live-stream-broadcast-on-tv-chnnel","n_slug":"boxingufc-286-live-stream-broadc","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"325918","n_created":"1679047862","n_modified":"1679058095","n_version":"1015504","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/$325919\/boxingufc-286-live-stream-broadcast-on-tv-chnnel","text":"GREENWICH, CT \u2014 Greenwich is looking to fix a \u201clong-brewing\u201d public safety issue on Bruce Park Avenue, and one possibility is the removal of on-street parking over a 280-foot stretch of roadway. But some residents say the precious spots are needed, and they urged the town to find other solutions.\n\nLast Thursday, Greenwich Deputy Police Chief Kraig Gray, who also heads the town\u2019s parking services department, went before the Board of Selectmen and said parking services has received complaints about safety and traveling along Bruce Park Avenue.\n\nEmployees from the Department of Public Works Engineering and Highway Divisions, along with parking services personnel and First Selectman Fred Camillo, met with a group of nearby residents last November to discuss concerns surrounding a vertical curve on the roadway, about 500 feet east of Davis Avenue.\n\nCivil engineer for the town, Michael Kiselak, told the selectmen last week the road is unsafe due to the combination of inadequate sight-lines and on-street parking that cause cars to cross the center of the road going up the curve on either side.\n\nThere are no sidewalks along this portion, so pedestrians use the roadway as a result.\n\nWATCH \u2591\u2592\u2593\u2588\u2588\u25baUFC 286 Live \n\nWATCH \u2591\u2592\u2593\u2588\u2588\u25baUFC 286 Live \n\n\nFind out what\u2019s happening in Greenwichwith free, real-time updates from Patch. Your email address Let\u2019s go! The recommendation is to eliminate on-street parking for a 280-foot segment \u2014 140 feet on either side of the curve. There\u2019s already no parking allowed on the north side of the road, Kiselak noted. Roughly seven spaces on the south side would be eliminated.\n\nThe selectmen did not take any action and instead decided to wait two weeks to allow time for public comment to come in.\n\nThe town conducted a Stopping Sight Distance (SSD) study, which determines the distance a vehicle needs to be able to see in front of them to identify an object and then come to a safe stop.\n\nFor a 25 mph road, the distance needed is about 150 feet, Kiselak said, and a bit more going downhill because of gravity.\n\n\u201cThe results of this study are basically that you can\u2019t see. You have blind spots until you pretty much reach the top of the curve. You can\u2019t see something that\u2019s 150 feet or less in front of you until you basically have crested the curve,\u201d Kiselak said, also noting the narrowness of the road and on-street parking.\n\n\u201cYou could be in a situation where two cars cross over the center of the road if there is on-street parking, and can be driving head-on, or there could be something in the road and they can\u2019t see that until they basically meet at the top,\u201d he added.\n\nResident Patty Thibault Hopper said the elimination of the parking spaces would negatively affect a home that has been in her family for over 60 years.\n\nThibault Hopper\u2019s father purchased 287 Bruce Park Ave., a two-family home in 1962, and rented it out.\n\n\u201cMy father bought this house for rent and for his livelihood, his income and retirement,\u201d Thibault Hopper said.\n\nHer parents both died, so the house was left to Thibault Hopper\u2019s brother, Alan, who also relies on the rent income.\n\nThe town owns a majority of the front of the property, Thibault Hopper said, so there\u2019s no driveway. For years, tenants have utilized two parking spots in front of the house through permits obtained from Town Hall.\n\n\u201cTaking away these spots will financially affect the rent income for my brother in a negative way. The amount charged for rent will have to decrease because where will the tenants park?\u201d Thibault Hopper said. https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ufc286crackon\/ analysis.com\/sample\/946be8e22fa50db7f8d986891f1103f35b6c6de0a26faa12ca3ee2477f6f7f6f Thibault Hopper said she obtained records covering the past 10 years which showed that no motor vehicle accidents have occurred in front of the house.\n\nShe suggested the speed limit be reduced to 15 mph, and that more signage should be added to alert motorists and pedestrians about the dangers of the roadway.\n\nKiselak said the state would have to approve a speed limit change, and anything under 25 mph is unreasonable to enforce. Signage would also not fix the SSD problem, he said.\n\n\u201cPublic safety is always our main concern, and it always will be. We also don\u2019t want to hurt people, especially in a case where maybe there wasn\u2019t an accident in that particular spot. That doesn\u2019t mean there couldn\u2019t be one, but certainly there may be other options here that would not take away their rights to park there, and really I personally believe this would affect rental prices and convenience,\u201d Camillo said.\n\nCamillo said other problems could arise, such as tenants having to park far away and getting hit by a car walking home at night.\n\nHe mentioned the possibility of homeowners \u201creclaiming some of the town property\u201d and creating some parking.\n\n\u201cI know it costs money, but it\u2019s better than having an accident or devaluing somebody\u2019s home,\u201d he said.\n\nKiselak told Camillo he\u2019d circle back with more details on reported accidents in the area.\n\nBarbara Zappavigna, another longtime resident of Bruce Park Avenue, said speeding is the main issue and that perhaps a speed bump would help. She also said there aren\u2019t enough signs to denote that Bruce Park Avenue is a dead end; people think it\u2019s a cut-through to Interstate-95, she said.\n\n\u201cSeven spaces is a lot to take away on that street. People struggle now to find parking, and I\u2019ve seen it over the years I\u2019ve been there,\u201d Zappavigna said. \u201cI\u2019m grateful you\u2019re willing to look into it. I understand what my neighbors are going through and I feel for them and I understand where they\u2019re coming from.\u201d\n\n","title":"[!*MMA@FIGHT!*]!UFC 286 Live Stream Broadcast On Tv Chnnel","wayback_source":[]}