Tamarack Ridge Neighbors Protest Theodore Ridge Barriers

Ward 2 Councilman Bill Moritz expects a lot of Tamarack Ridge residents at the Arnold City Council meeting at , at 2101 Jeffco Blvd., on April 5

Moritz said, in an email, that City Hall has recieved a lot of phone calls complaining about the barriers placed on Tamarack Drive to prevent traffic through the Theodore Ridge subdivision.

One Tamarack Drive resident is getting signatures on a petition about the barriers, Moritz said.

"Change is never easy to accept," Moritz said.  He said that he has taken several phone calls and at least 15 emails on the issue.

Only three messages opposed the barriers, Moritz said.

One Tamarack Drive resident opposed the barrier at first, Moritz said, then the man realized the lower levels of traffic in the Tamarack Drive neighborhood.

"He thanked the city for doing this (placing the barriers)," Moritz said.

Theodore Ridge residents spent more than six years to slow traffic moving through the 70-house subdivision and eliminate vandalism in the neighborhood, Moritz said.

In one incident a vehicle sped around the corner of a home, instead of around the street, and almost struck a child, Moritz said.