TakomaPark
Current Weather
- Today
- 63°
- Local every day in
Traffic calming and the nuclear free zone will be discussed.
This week's Takoma Park City Council meeting is packed with interesting stuff. Don't forget, as usual it's at 7:30 p.m. in the Takoma Park Auditorium. The Takoma Park City Council has been asked to waive the Nuclear Free Zone Act to get HP computers for Takoma Park Library. The act "prohibits the granting of an award, contract or purchase order, directly or indirectly, to any nuclear weapons producer and prohibits purchase or lease of products produced by a nuclear weapons producer," according to the legislation. The public will have their say, of course. Residents will have the chance to speak up about whether they want to waive the nuclear free zone in favor of the computers at the council meeting. Residents of the Hillwood Manor …
In this Article:
The city council will vote on whether to study the traffic patterns in Hillwood Manor.
The residents of Hillwood Manor have spoken and they'd like drivers to slow down. Residents of the community petitioned for a traffic calming assessment of Erskine Street to identify options to slow or reduce the flow of traffic. The Takoma Park City Council will take up the issue at Monday night's council meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Takoma Park Auditorium. If the council votes in the affirmative, it would allow for the initiation of a study and design of possible solutions. People wishing to comment on the request may attend the public hearing and sign up to speak or comment in writing to City Clerk Jessie Carpenter, 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 or by e-mail to Clerk@takomagov.org.