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#14 NE 27th Ave at NE 32nd St: This is the only access for opinion is this. (1) The traffic on my street is not bad at all,
most of us in the southern area while avoiding Bayview. It except when Bayview has been closed. (2) This would unfairly
never seems like there is much traffic on NE 27th Ave, so add a traffic burden to all the other accesses. (3) The garbage
closing this doesn’t seem to make things easier, just much truck that comes to pick up trash would not be able to turn
more inconvenient for residents. Bayview at OPB is already a around and it is too long from the stop sign to back down
nightmare with long southbound Bayview traffic stopped at the and this would cause them to turn in my driveway or the
signal, backing up to NE 31st and NE 32nd Streets. neighbors. (4) This would limit Police and Fire from entering
the neighborhood in a timely fashion. (5) Also, for quite some
#15 NE 32nd St near the mall access. I’m not sure what’s the
proposal to open two way streets as there is already open time after closing the streets everyone’s car GPS’s will still tell
access to the mall there. I’d be against opening up NE 26th drivers that they are open access roads causing my neighbors
Ave between NE 32nd and NE 33rd. This would bring more and I to become the best turnaround in this part of the City.”
traffic into the neighborhood from the mall.” Thanks to everyone who responded. It appears the general
............................................... consensus based on these communications is NO to street
closures and YES to more stop signs and speed humps/
“We have lived on the corner of 35th Street and 27th Ave for cushions. But please continue send your thoughts on this issue.
over 23 years so we have a good knowledge of the traffic on The goal is to make the neighborhood as safe as possible and
27th Ave.
there are many ways to accomplish that, which brings us to
First: Putting 4 way stop signs on the intersections listed in the one more way…
magazine, we 100% support. We have been requesting this We urge everyone to sign up for the Security Patrol program.
for 23 years. We have seen many near-miss accidents at our We are at about 25%. Sunrise Intracoastal is over 90%. Rio
intersection; car vs car, car vs golf cart, car vs bike/pedestrian Vista and Bermuda also have much higher subscription rates
because there is not a 4 way stop sign.
than we do. In monitoring Next Door and City crime statistics,
Second; Road closures of now partially closed roads: 100% we still see burglaries and thefts of property and packages in
OPPOSE this idea. CRCCE being discussed regularly. The more households that
sign up, the more coverage we can get.
A) A little history, prior to them closing the left hand turn onto
Oakland Park from 27th Avenue the traffic WAS horrible Wishing everyone a joyous holiday season!
since it was a cut through to Bayview Dr. Since they closed Tim Hernandez
off the left turn at 27th Avenue I can say without question this President, CRCCE Community Association
cut down the traffic by over 60% or more. Additionally, the
recent speed humps have also helped deter cut through traffic.
Therefore traffic really isn’t that bad.
B) Closing these roads would be devastating for an
emergency situation. I can tell you every time I have seen a
Fire Truck/EMS come into the neighborhood they use 27th
Avenue. Why? Because it is the quickest way to help the
problem. Closing these roads would cause severe lag time for
emergency vehicles to respond to a problem.

C) We who live here want the access to our neighborhood
without having to get onto Bayview, Federal, Commercial or
Oakland Park. Closing access to these interior roads would
put a terrible burden on all of us trying to get into our homes.
We do not want to drive on the main four roads because those
are for individuals who do not live here.”
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“I am writing this letter in response to the Presidents Message
in am the last house to the West on the North side and in
thinking about the idea of closing off certain streets my

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