On May 23rd the Neighborhood and Environment Committee of the Hollywood United Neighborhood Council (HUNC) met to discuss the traffic circle. About 26 people from the neighborhood attended. Oaks boardmembers Alexander von Wechmar and Gerry Hans presented the proposed traffic circle to a largely receptive crowd. They explained that there will be one single, circular lane of traffic, and that there will be stop signs at all entrances to the traffic circle. Once a driver has entered the lane around the circle, everyone else will yield.

There was one family who was adamantly against building anything at the intersection for fear that "people run into things". They were not receptive to the argument that traffic circles are a proven device for traffic calming - but the majority of those in attendance was. The vote for a traffic circle with a 16 ft radius was 20 in favor, and 5 against. The vote to adopt the circle as a neighborhood beautification project was 25 to 0. This means that the matter will be on the agenda at an as of yet unscheduled HUNC. It also means the project is making good progress!

[Please also see a previous story on the traffic circle project]