"In addition to examining the effect of removing the overgrown foliage, Keller also determined that narrowing the roadway at Ramsey by bringing in the curbline some six-to-eight feet would improve the sight distance by approximately 30 feet and also serve as a traffic calming device.

"Keller additionally suggested the possibility of striping Plaza Road with yellow paint to create a shoulder and guide motorists to where they should be traveling on the road. Planning Board engineer Jeff Morris said he was fine with the striping."

I think Keller meant "narrowing the roadway" would be done by yellow striping...so there is really no "additionally": it's the same thing...that's his way of "bringing in the curbline" ...if I'm wrong I'd like to know what else could have been meant...

If you read the article Wally, the phrase " bringing the curbline in some six to eight feet " clearly infers construction not paint.

Oh sure, we must absolutely cut down more trees in Fair Lawn to accomodate what will surely be a trouble spot for years to come! This project should never have gotten off the ground. Shame on you, planning board, fire marshall et all. As usual, the community will can never overcome monied interests.

In all fairness it is not the officials, their hands are limited by state law. It's not a matter of "the community" - nothing can ever overcome monied interests. It's the oldest golden rule on the planet: Them that have the gold make the rules.

I do believe they are going to physically narrow the road through construction, which will "calm" traffic which I interpret to mean more cars sitting it traffic up and down Plaza Rd. The project will surely mean the end to the center of town as people know it in more ways than one. The real shame is on the Radburn Association who sold this property without consulting it's dues payers to a developer. Please put the blame where it belongs, the planning board is stuck with a court order thanks to the RA.

Does this mean we are finally taking the first steps to developing the parcels of unused land at Plaza Road and Rt 208? Hope so as it's time to bring some new blood into Radburn.

thanks Kathy, I think you may be right about the curbing....

According to my notes, the proposed narrowing of the road included moving the curb and curbline between 6 and 8 feet to extend the intersection of Ramsey further out into Plaza, and to paint striping to visually narrow the road up to the intersection of Fair Lawn Ave. on the north side of Plaza. The specifically excluded adding a turn lane into the development from northbound Plaza, meaning anyone making an entrance from there will obstruct the traffic further once the road is narrowed. Didn't this stretch of Plaze just get WIDENED in the past ten years to help improve the flow of traffic at the Fair Lawn Ave intersection?

That turn lane will be built in the first 5 years, expect a traffic light too.