Whatever you say Councilman Qualey

Mayor and Council,

Thank you for placing this matter on the Agenda for this Thursday at 7 pm

I will be visiting our son out of town and will be unable to attend.

As you are all aware below is my position:

Further I have been in touch with the Charleston County School district and they said that students will not be allowed to cross at the light alone

and that even with a cross walk a crossing guard would likely be required. (That is a matter of safety for the Sheriff to determine)

So the light shouldn’t be seen as a benefit for school kids.

Please place this matter to an up or down vote on Thursday.

And Mayor please place this on the Towns site and also on your own Blog

Thanks

Joe

Dear fellow James Islander,

As you are aware I have been intimately involved in the design and redesign of the HV Road project.

My plan had no stoplights on HV and DOT,  Staff and the Town put 2 lights in the plan.

One at Ft Sumter and another at Mikell.

They were going to be put in only after the project was complete and the DOT determined the traffic counts warranted such.

I was then informed that our Staff (without my knowledge) had a traffic count done and they decided to place the lights in the plan.

This was and is over my objection. (at least until the project is complete and we see whether the lights are truly needed)

My focus is now on the Mikell drive light and on Thursday (tomorrow) night at the Town Meeting at 7 pm I will ask the Town to vote to defer

the implementation of that light until a later date if and when it is determined that light is needed.

A few items of note:

The Church does NOT want the light

The Principal of Styles said he really has no opinion and that no teacher, parent, or student has ever expressed a desire to have a light there.

This light will function all the time and will cause cars to stop when there is no traffic (weekends and non-school hours)

This light (in my opinion) is going to and will cause morning traffic to back up to Ft Johnson road.(and beyond)

In fact if the lights create “spacing” to allow cars to enter HV Road, why did we spend 12,000,000 to undertake all of the improvements?

I am asking you to please attend the Meeting tomorrow night and ask Town Council to delay the implementation of this light .

Many thanks and PLEASE forward this to all interested and affected parties.

Joe Qualey