Clairmont Heights Civic Association

From Emory: The storm that passed through earlier today left parts of Emory's Druid Hills campus without power. Commuters should be aware that traffic lights on Clifton Road and parts of North Decatur Road were not functioning this afternoon, and that Briarcliff Road between North Decatur Road and Old Briarcliff Road (near the Fox-5 television station) is closed. Cliff shuttles are all running, but may be delayed. Visit www.transportation.emory.edu for updates on specific routes. Additional traffic light outages and road closures have been reported throughout the area. Please plan your commute accordingly.

County officials have informed the Traffic Control Committee that the traffic control plan developed by residents of CHCA and MANA must be approved by 65% of the residents of both neighborhoods using an official petition for the plan to be implemented in full. Additionally, the DeKalb Police Department has told County officials that it does not have the capability to enforce the "resident excepted" hour-based turn restriction signs. This, coupled with the immense effort it would take to gather petition signatures would be overwhelming . However, resident homeowners on streets within the CHCA or MANA area can petition for traffic control signage (as listed in the traffic control plan) on a street by street basis, 65% homeowner approval on the street, or portion of street, is needed. For additional details read further.

The Emory traffic study was conducted at CHCA request in September 2008 to provide a baseline before the new parking deck is constructed at Clairmont Campus (currently on hold until the economy recovers). We do not have permission to publish the entire document but we can share the essential data. Note that the data is derived from manual vehicle counts taken over one weekday in September 2008 while school was in session. They counted the number of vehicles entering or leaving Desmond from and to Clairmont Campus but not the number of vehicles commuting to and from the VA Hospital.

For stop sign and speed enforcement, the number to reach the Special Operations Police Services and Traffic Enforcement request desk is 404-294-2278. Anyone can call this number to report problem areas and request enforcement. The time frame from phone call to appearance by motorcycle or patrol car officers in the area is about one week. The CHCA board recently called, and they will be coming to enforce the speed limit and stop signs along Desmond and N. Superior during rush hour.