"No Through Traffic" sign on Lake Ave South in Nesconset (Smithtown: for sale)
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Several months ago, in both directions, the section of Lake Avenue South, between Townline Road and Smithtown Blvd, was given a "No Through Traffic" sign in both directions. Are those signs even legally enforceable? Are they official signs, or did some resident just put the signs up to discourage through traffic? If the signs are legally enforceable, then did the residents of that block buy the street, and it's now a private road? If it's still a public, town-owned roadway, then shouldn't everyone be allowed to drive on it?
I've always wondered about these type of signs....how can the police determine what is an "acceptable" route between point A and point B on public roads?
You get pulled over.
"Well, I was driving this way because I wanted to check out that house for sale on Lake Ave."
Ok...is that a violation? The sign basically inplies it is illegal for anyone other than residents of that street or their visitors to use that road. How can that be enforced?
Streets dont have to be private to restrict traffic on them. If it is determined that excessive through traffic creates a hazard then it can be restricted. You often see this on residential streets that motorists often use to bypass a more congested street, or traffic lights. Usually in typical I dont give a hoot fasion, speeding down the same streets. Residents complain, and squeaky wheels get grease.
Well that is a pretty narrow road. I actually travel around here everyday in the morning, but I use Southern Boulevard to cut through from Smithtown Blvd. to Townline. Even on that road, I'm sure if I had one of those homes, I would hate all the excess traffic in the morning, though I would have known that going into buying the house.
My guess is that GPSs have been directing people up that road if they're coming from somewhere south of Townline Rd and their destination is somewhere in the vicinity of northern Lake Ave. Every other road would take you out of the way to some degree, and GPSs generally hate that. Thus, traffic has probably been increasing on that stretch of Lake Ave over the last few years, and people who live there have probably been complaining to the town that their once-quiet little end of the road is now awash in thru traffic.
Whether the signs will deter traffic remains to be seen, but I'd guess not. If that's the case, the road will probably be converted to one-way southbound eventually.
It's a cut through to avoid having to wait at the light at Smithtown Blvd and Old Nichols.
It's been used like that probably for about 30+ years, considering that 90% of the housing in the area is pre-1975. I would estimate that 95% of the people living there bought there house in the last 25 years or sooner.
My street can also be used as a cut through..although it would slow you down tremendously..so can I have the town not allow anyone to drive down my street either because I don't like it and I want it to become a pseudo private road?
My guess is that GPSs have been directing people up that road if they're coming from somewhere south of Townline Rd and their destination is somewhere in the vicinity of northern Lake Ave. Every other road would take you out of the way to some degree, and GPSs generally hate that. Thus, traffic has probably been increasing on that stretch of Lake Ave over the last few years, and people who live there have probably been complaining to the town that their once-quiet little end of the road is now awash in thru traffic.
Whether the signs will deter traffic remains to be seen, but I'd guess not. If that's the case, the road will probably be converted to one-way southbound eventually.
Lake Avenue was never a "once-quiet little end of the road". It runs from Townline Rd (roughly the middle of the island) to 25A (on the north shore), and along the way, it intersects Southern Blvd, 347, Gibbs Pond Rd, 25, Woodlawn Ave, and Moriches Rd.
I understand people not wanting through traffic using their street. But what makes the people living on that section of Lake Ave more important than the people living further north on Lake Ave? Or, what makes people on that part of Lake Ave more important than the people who live on Southern Blvd, Old Nichols Rd, or Gibbs Pond Rd?
I know nothing about the subject road, only politics. If you scream loud enough you'll get your way.
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