Developer’s Proposed Lot Split in Los Alamos Sparks Concern Among Neighbors
Third District Supervisor Joan Hartmann hosts a virtual meeting to review the plan, which calls for dividing a 1.5-acre property into four parcels
Seth Steiner, top box, says the segment of Shaw Street in Los Alamos that’s at the center of a development proposal is popular for people walking with pets, including mini horses. By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
February 3, 2021
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A developer’s proposal to divide a 1.5-acre parcel into four lots has sparked concern among Los Alamos residents despite efforts to minimize traffic impacts on a private section of Shaw Street.
By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
LTNs are designed to cut traffic and pollution (Image: Pixabay) Two large traffic-reduction schemes will remain in place despite claims they are causing major problems for residents. Labour councillors rejected a call to remove the Bowes and Fox Lane low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) until a consultation shows they are supported by a majority of the public. The LTNs, rolled out last year in a bid to stop rat-running and improve air quality, involved closing several road entrances using bollards and similar measures. During a full council meeting yesterday (Thursday), Tory councillors called for their removal, claiming they had failed to improve air quality and caused congestion and pollution on surrounding roads.
By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
LTNs are designed to reduce rat-running (Image: Pixabay) Councillors will this evening hold a debate on the future of traffic-reduction schemes that have been rolled out in Enfield. The Conservative group has called for low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in Bowes and Fox Lane to be removed until a full consultation shows they are supported by a majority of the public. The Tories say they concerned the schemes have not delivered on their objectives of cutting congestion and air pollution. Designed to stop rat-running and improve air quality, LTNs involve closing road entrances using measures such as bollards and enforcement cameras.
The Dispatch
A Thomasville man who allegedly went on a crime spree on New Year Day, including breaking and entering into occupied houses, setting a car on fire and a chase with law enforcement, is facing additional charges in Davidson County related to the incidents.
Geoffrey Shane Brisson, 34, of 7277 Reddy Foxx Lane, Thomasville, was given additional charges of three counts of felony possession of a firearm by a felon, three counts of felony breaking and entering of a motor vehicle, and felony larceny of a firearm. He was given a $150,000 secured bond and a court date of Jan. 25.
According to information provided by the arrest report, Brisson was previously convicted of breaking and entering in Guilford County in 2005.
7 fires now burning in Santa Cruz, San Mateo counties [SFGate, San Francisco]
Jan. 20 LATEST Jan. 20, 10:45 a.m. Cal Fire said it hopes to have seven small wildfires burning in northern Santa Cruz and southern San Mateo counties contained by the end of the day Wednesday amid favorable weather conditions.
“That’s contained, not controlled,” Cal Fire spokesperson Cecile Juliette said. “We hope to have all of them controlled by this weekend. Contained is when they’re able to get a fire line around the entire fire, so they can keep it within a certain area. Controlled is when they have the line around the fire and all the hot spots within the perimeter are out.”