Canfield leaders: No more studies on Timber Run

CANFIELD

City officials said further studies will not be done on the controversial Timber Run Road, the passageway between Stonebridge and Westbury Park residential developments.

“We do all reviews of the subdivisions as they come through,” said Dave Tabak, Canfield city engineer and MS Consultants Inc. employee. “That particular area, the roadway part of the subdivision, was put in 10 to 15 years ago. All that review was done back then.”

Tabak said as far as the technical aspects are concerned, the crest and curve of Timber Run as well as the current speed limit are accurate for what the road should be.

“It met all the criteria at that time, and there is really no reason to go back and revisit that,” Tabak said.

Timber Run provides passage between Westbury Park Development in Canfield Township and Stonebridge Development, in the city. City and township officials as well as residents have argued about the benefits and problems of the road closing or remaining open.

The arguments against keeping the road open were based upon high traffic volumes for homeowners in the Stonebridge development.

Although Warino also said further studies would be a waste of city money, he is looking into models for traffic 'calmers' – small islands of land in the middle of an intersection to slow down traffic.

Read more about the situation in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.