Canfield residents want roadway gate replaced

CANFIELD

Residents inquired about the plans for the Timber Run extension as well as the city putting an income-tax increase on the August ballot at city council’s meeting.

Two residents living on Timber Run Drive raised concerns Wednesday night that echoed the sentiments of their neighbors months ago when council signed off on connecting the developments of Stonebridge in the city and Westbury Park in Canfield Township.

There had been a temporary 150-foot road with one lane for emergency personnel to use with a gate at the road’s halfway mark. Due to construction on Gibson Road over the Ohio Turnpike, a full two-lane road was built on Timber Run connecting the two subdivisions because the only outlet from the Westbury development was Gibson.

Families on Timber Run on the city side are urging council to install a gate again once the turnpike construction is finished.

“There is a lot of concern in our neighborhood, an overwhelming concern over this access road that has been opened up,” said Louis DeFabio, of Timber Run Drive. “There are a lot of children in this neighborhood. ... What I can tell you is we already have issues with speed, and that’s amazing to me because we’re already a cul-de-sac.”

Two other residents questioned the city’s decision to put an 0.5 income-tax increase on the special August ballot. The city’s current income-tax rate is 1 percent.

Read more about the meeting in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.