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i08 TUESDAY APRIL 10, 1984 were registered with Council on March 27th by area residents, and the originally- proposed Lavinder Street extension and improvements (which project was abandoned project was substituted), the Martinsville problems and for which the Salem/Sellers Safety Transportation/Commission reported that it because of excessive cost and right-of-way has reviewed these projects in consultation with the area residents and that, of three existing options for moving heavy truck traffic through and/or around the Salem Street area, the Commission recommends that Council proceed with the initially-proposed pro- ject which calls (a) for the construction of an industrial access road or street off the end of Lavinder Street to the corner of a parking lot owned by Fibre Container, Inc., (at its intersection with Salem Street); (b) for the opening of a now-undeveloped section of Salem Street to provide access for school buses and light vehicles; and (c) for the extending of a median strip along Memorial Boulevard to prohibit vehicular left-turns from Salem Street. This recommendation also provided that no improvements be made to that section of Salem Street between Sellers Street and Memorial Boulevard. As previously reported (see Council minutes of February 14, 1984), the Lavinder Street project (for which $45,000.00 was appropriated in the 1983-84 budget), because of more- than-anticipated grading and drainage work, and exclusive of some right-of-way acquisi- tion which may only come about by condemnation proceedings, was estimated to cost $100,000.00, whereas the substituted Salem/Sellers project is estimated to cost some $44,000.00, with some contracts having already been let for the latter project. Speaking on behalf of the Salem/Sellers area citizens and stressing the need for safety measures in the area, as well as apparently favoring the Lavinder Street project, were Messrs. Clyde L. Williams (of 607 First Street) and Mr. Robert S. Johnson (of 1161 Yorkshire Road). After some discussion, Council unanimously accepted the Transporta- tion Safety Commission's recommendation, as set forth hereinbefore.