The Village of Great Neck Board of Trustees approved the placement of several traffic and parking signs at Tuesday night’s meeting, in response to requests from residents who cited safety concerns.
The board authorized new stop signs at Beach Road and Maple Street, turning the intersection into a four-way stop.
The board also approved no parking signs near the corners on Margaret Court, designed to enforce state prohibitions on parking within 20 feet of an intersection, and reinstated street parking on Middle Neck Road between Redbrook and Lee Court.
A Margaret Court resident said drivers routinely parked close to the intersections on Margaret Court, which he described as a safety hazard.
“If you put a sign up, I think it would make it a lot safer,” he said.
Village of Great Neck Mayor Ralph Kreitzman said he had not personally witnessed dangerous parking on Margaret Court, but the board unanimously approved the sign.
A Redbrook Road resident that no parking signs had recently been put up between her street and Lee Court after 15 years of legal parking, and that the change made it difficult to accommodate guests.
“The new sign came two or three months ago that you cannot park,” the resident said.
The board approved allowing 90-minute parking, like that available on much of Middle Neck Road, with no parking within 20 feet of intersections as required by state law.
The board also unanimously approved the placement of stop signs at Beach Road and Maple Street.
In a four-to-one vote, with Kreitzman dissenting, the board rejected a request for an additional stop sign on a four-way intersection on Steamboat Road.
Trustee Mark Birnbaum said research had shown that over-saturation of stop signs led to drivers ignoring the signs and could pose greater dangers to residents.
Kourous Torkan, whose controversial plan to build a 7-Eleven at the site of a former gas station on Middle Neck Road won approval from the zoning board of appeals in February, presented the board with renderings of the proposed design and sample facade materials.
The building is projected to include limestone walls and a stucco roof. The building’s signage, which will include any placement of 7-Eleven’s logo, is still subject to approval before the board
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