2024 - 11 RESOLUTION - In Support of Speed Reduction for Kelly Drive - 9-16-24

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FILED LEE COUNTY NC PAMELA G. BRITT REGISTER OF DEEDS FILED Nov 14, 2024 AT 09:06:35 am BOOK 00004 START PAGE 0066 END PAGE 0067 INSTRUMENT # 07213 EXCISE TAX (None) w lie Resolution Supporting a Speed Reduction for Kelly Drive(State Road 1521)from the Sanford City Limits to Pumping Station Road from 55 MPH to 35 MPH WHEREAS, Kelly Drive(State Maintained Road 1521)extends from Pumping Station Road, located in Lee County,to the City of Sanford limits; and WHEREAS,the section of Kelly Drive that extends from Pumping Station Road to the City's limits has a speed limit of 55 miles per hour, as set by the North Carolina Department of Transportation; and WHEREAS, Kelly Drive is a major thoroughfare through Lee County, with travelers driving to and from Central Carolina Community College(1105 Kelly Drive), Lee County High School (1708 Nash Street), Stepping Stones Children's Center(l 550 Kelly Drive), and the Stevens Center(1576 Kelly Drive); and WHEREAS, due to the businesses and schools located off Kelly Drive, many of the travelers on Kelly Drive are teenagers or young adults; and WHEREAS, drivers traveling east on Kelly Drive, towards Pumping Station Road and to US-42l/NC- 87, must navigate a blind curve at 55 MPH as they approach Stepping Stones Children's Center and the Stevens Center; and WHEREAS, visitors, employees and families of Stepping Stones Children's Center and the Stevens Center have to slow down to turn into these establishments, which is dangerous and poses a risk of a crash, while other vehicles are traveling at 55 MPH and above; and WHEREAS, adjacent to the Stepping Stones Children's Center is a proposed mixed use development that will enter and exit Kelly Drive on the blind curve and will add additional traffic as more vehicles will be slowing down to enter and exit the proposed site, in addition to the existing businesses; and WHEREAS, the Stevens Center has reported their marquee sign has been destroyed twice by vehicle crashes and two crashes have occurred in the trees in front of the building; and WHEREAS, on July 15,'2024,the North Carolina Department of Transportation evaluated the speed limit reduction request on Kelly Drive between the City of Sanford limits and US 421 and found no basis upon which to reduce the current 55 MPH speed limit; and WHEREAS, Deep River Road(State Maintained Road 1466)has no blind curves and is predominately a straight thorough-fare from the US 1 15/501 intersection to the US l interchange has a 45 MPH speed limit; and