From The Trussville Tribune Staff Reports
TRUSSVILLE – The biggest discussion that was raised during Tuesday’s Trussville City Council meeting was during public comments, by Trussville Springs resident Melissa Payne.
The only entrance to Trussville Springs has a Norfolk Southern train track running through it. Photo by Chris Yow
Trussville Springs residents are concerned with the safety of the “temporary” entrance to the subdivision, as it often hinders residents and even emergency vehicles and school busses from getting in and out of the neighborhood safely.
The main concern that Payne raised was the timeline for completion of the project, as there are multiple parties involved in the resolution of the nuisance residents are experiencing.
According to Payne, the intersections near the neighborhood are so dangerous that two vehicles have been damaged in that intersection in the last week alone.
“I refuse to become accustomed to an emergency vehicle not being able to enter and exit the neighborhood,” said Payne.
Trussville Springs resident Mac Stinson said he was in total agreement with all of what Payne had to say.
Stinson’s concern goes beyond the traffic issue, and extends to the workers seemingly working around the clock.
“I had to call on Easter Sunday to ask them not to work,” Stinson said.
Mayor Gene Melton said he would be putting in a call to ALDOT first thing Wednesday morning to see what kind of timeline could be offered for the completion of ongoing projects. ALDOT is one of many agencies involved in the Trussville Springs project.
The meeting was also full of updates on events and expansions coming to the city.
The library committee is meeting next Tuesday at 1 p.m. to discuss the process of bidding for the expansion of the library. Councilman Buddy Choat said that because initial bids were higher than anticipated, changes are being made to the initial plans to bring the cost down and move the project forward.
The parks and recreation department is hosting the State Senior Games on Wednesday, where more than 200 senior citizens, ranging in age from 55 to 90, will show off their athletic skills.
Games include horseshoes, basketball, table tennis, pickle ball, pole-vaulting and more. According to Choat, there will be more than 80 participants in the track and field competition alone.
Additionally the Parks and Recreation department is looking to sponsor a dog obedience training, self-defense for women and children and adult basketball programs. The department is also sponsoring a homeschool physical education class, with 20 participants meeting on Thursdays.
Other ordinances that passed unanimously include an ordinance for Small Cell Technologies to be approved in the City of Trussville from Crown Castle. The technology would add cell signals to existing telephone poles, thus extending cell phone coverage in the Trussville community in order to avoid putting up more cell phone towers. A sign ordinance was also passed to allow 60 foot or higher signs in the C2 and C3 commercial districts, as well as on I459 and I59.
33 Comments
Kenny Aldridge
You knew where the home was when you purchased it and moved there. So shut the hell up and deal with it until other entrance options are created.
Georgie Rowan Allen
Bridges need to be built. The train sits for hrs sometimes off Mary Taylor Rd! Definitely not good for the residential areas with no other way out!
Georgie Rowan Allen
No need to be ugly!
Sabrina Millwee Meeks
There are many traffic concerns that need to be addressed in Trussville. Especially as they add more and more businesses.
Kenny Aldridge
Not being ugly. I lived in Trussville for over 25 years. How long have you been there. I watched them build that development. If you bought there you k ew what you were buying. Now you want to pressure the city to solve the problem that you should have seen before moved there.
Kenny Aldridge
Move!
Justin Williamson
The speed limit in that area was dropped from 55 to 40 for this reason. The speed limit is still 55 down the street where three residential neighborhoods are located. So you could be trying to exit your neighborhood with cars ramping up from 35 to 55 instead…
Kenny Aldridge
I lived there for 25 years!!!!!!!! Every city has traffic issues. But you think because you live in Trussville the city needs to fix all your problems. Give me a break!
Justin Williamson
Cool your pies, we’re on the same page.
Jessie Odell
I totally feel their pain. We have hundreds of homes by camp Coleman with only one way in and out. Yet our tax dollars were used to buy the old chicken plant so that the road could be opened as an alternative route in the event of the train having to stop… So far that road has yet to remain open. It’s been opened a handful of times by Trussville police to allow pass through access. We shouldn’t be having to call Trussville police to Open a gate for us that shouldn’t be locked in the first place. Trussville pd has better things they need to focus their resources on besides playing gate keeper. We bought and paid for the road, it’s times to open it before there is a loss of life because an emergency vehicle can’t get in here due to the train. It’s time for some bridges and over passes. It’s not the trains fault, it’s not the home owners fault. This is part of progress. The city has certainly benefited from all the building permits sold to build these homes as well as the tax revenue that they generate. This comes with those money’s, it’s the cost of doing business, safely and smart.
Georgie Rowan Allen
Kenny Aldridge I have been in Trussville since 1976. Regardless something needs to be done and not just for that neighborhood!
Marshall Akins
Don’t be in a hurry to call ALDOT. If they work on this problem in the same way they have jumped on the Civitan Park project they should have it taken care of by mid 2020.
Kenny Aldridge
If you don’t like it move! That’s what I did. Best decision I ever made.
Kristi Barber
The train tracks were there first
Tyler David Roe
“Trussville”…..
Stopped reading right there.
Stephanie Newton
I lived in Trussville for 20 years and the trains have always been a problem. Trains were there first and then the need to build more subdivisions for the many new people moving in. Only so much space to build on the opposite side of the tracks.
Sheryl Cooper
Exacly
Sheryl Cooper
Kenny Aldridge me too on Oak drive before the overpass.
Brian Willoughby
Agreed. On the other end of trussville, we dealt with accidents almost every day on deerfoot in the mornings for decades. Wasn’t until they built the new high school when they added traffic lights.
Isaac Mixon
Savage.
Jeff Murphy
So, progress isn’t happening quick enough so when they are working, he called to have them stop?!?
Kenny Aldridge
Maybe you all need to move to Hoover!!!!!
Jimmy Holcomb
You are correct Marshall Akins.
It’s ashamed how long it took our city to get the Veterans Memorial completed. I know our Cadets raised over 700.00 and donated to it. Our city should have paid every penny for a memorial.
Suzanne Williams Crosby
Everyone knows the traffic and train issues when they move here. Been here 40 years and have just adapted to it all.
Cheryl Spaulding McLelland
It’s poor planning on the engineers part. It happens in every city. Build build till the traffic comes to a stand still then try to fix it.
Jessie Odell
Cheryl Spaulding McLelland hopefully a resolution will be soon.
Ashley Michelle McCormick
Todd Pope
Jacob Allen Hudson
Laura Watson Owen
It is evident there is a problem and evident that someone is looking for some much needed attention. If “you” aka Kenny hate Trussville so bad, why are reading “The Trussville Tribune” post? Smh
Kenny Aldridge
Never!
Ann Edwards Murphine
And the moral of the story is not to purchase a home in a development with only one entrance/exit where there is a train track. If you want to lay the blame, it goes to the developers and the folks who didn’t think ahead about this problem when they bought. Doesn’t matter what you were promised by the developer, city, or anyone else. Did you really believe everything they told you?
Casie Austin Masters
I questioned the development of TS way back when it started before the recession. Stupid place to build tiny houses 10 feet apart from each other. I honestly don’t understand why anyone would buy there. Same with Brookes Crossings. What….3 whole houses backing up to the train track? Idiotic.
Ethan Sullens
Hoover!? I just threw up in my mouth. Thanks for the laugh!