Eat Ice Cream & Discuss HPR Traffic
Christie Schroeter, our neighbor out in Cypress Mill, has organized a community meeting with Gerald Daugherty to discuss the problem of speeding on the hills and bridge at Hammett's Crossing. The meeting will be held at St. Luke's fellowship hall in Cypress Mill. It's being billed as an ice cream social and is scheduled for 7p.m. on Thursday, July 27.
In order to get Commissioner Daugherty to speak to all of us in the community, Christie (who lives in Blanco County) had to promise that she would get people from the Travis county side of HPR to the meeting. Please let everyone you can think of who use the low water crossing (and even those who don't but might like to get together with neighbors and have some ice cream) to this gathering.
By the way, there will also be a hamburger supper before the meeting at 6 p.m. on the church grounds and everyone in the community is invited....just bring a side dish and come if you can.
I want to be there and will come if possible, but may be travelling that eve.
What exactly is the problem? I frequently ride my bike to Cypress Mill. It's a good, safe ride. I guess some people are speeding on 962 but traffic is pretty low intensity. I guess at this meeting Christie will explain the problem, but I welcome any advance info.
Hammett's crossing in particular is really not a problem in my perception. The sharp curves on either side generally force drivers to act sanely.
I tend to agree with Mara's comment elsewhere that I hesitate to get Gerald's attention. The less he is aware of our little paradise out here, the better.
Now of course speeding on HPR up to RR12 is a different matter... it is awful, and Cypress Mill residents endure as much as we do. And I guess that is the main Travis County angle?