PALM COAST, Fla. — The city of Palm Coast has a more than $6.5 million project set for Whiteview Parkway, which branches out to several neighborhoods.
A resident on one road in the area said her street is used as a cut-through by speeding drivers and she is curious about whether the project will ease her concerns.
What You Need To Know
- Palm Coast has a big road project planned for Whiteview Parkway
- Resident Janice Weisel said she hopes something can be done to address speeders on Whippoorwill Drive
- A city spokesperson said no speed reduction measures are planned for Whippoorwill Drive
Janice Weisel said she didn’t know when she moved to Whippoorwill Drive two years ago that there would be so many speeders in her neighborhood.
"These people speed through here like it's the Daytona 500," she said.
Drivers use Whippoorwill Drive to cut through from Whiteview Parkway to Belle Terre Parkway.
"(They seem to think) 'We're gonna fly through here and get to the Belle Terre.' Meantime, you could have just gone down Whiteview and gotten the Belle Terre, but here you get to the Belle Terre quicker and farther up," Weisel said.
"I try to visit my neighbors, and I have to stand here for sometimes minutes waiting to cross."
The Palm Coast project on Whiteview Parkway is near Whippoorwill and does reduce some traffic in the area — but not for Weisel's street. It will reduce cut-through traffic on nearby Woodbury Drive and improve traffic flow in the area.
"I don't really think that they can slow it down just by doing something to Whiteview," Weisel said. "They've got to do something here on this street to be able to slow people down."
She said some stop signs might help.
A city spokeswoman said the city will alert the sheriff’s office about the speeding but said there are no speed reduction measures planned for Whippoorwill.
"You take your life in your own hands when you go out there just to check the mail," Weisel said. "I mean, even if you like to stand in your own driveway and stick your head around to the mailbox, you could you can get clipped."
The traffic is one reason she plans to move from Palm Coast.
"I love my home. I wish I could stay here," Weisel said.
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