Council considers traffic control request

Moorcroft's council answered questions from resident John Critel on Monday night, including a concern regarding the traffic along South Belle Fourche Avenue. His first issue is the vehicles lining the street during the distribution of provisions; people block the intersection of Belle Fourche Avenue and Johnson Street.

"It's just insane, one little kid almost got run over Thursday; he went trotting out the gate and here comes someone coming around the corner in a minivan maybe missed him by 12 feet," he said.

After some discussion, Councilman Ben Glenn suggested some kind of traffic control signage and Critel asked that they consider a north and south two-way stop at the crossroads. Glenn advised his fellows of the danger of a stop "coming down that hill," suggesting instead that they could be set east and west on Johnson.

Public Works Director Cory Allison set a plan in place with Critel at that time to discuss the situation in more detail before returning to the body for approval and all parties agreed.

Another potential problem for which Critel requested information is the new Blakeman Propane transfer station currently in the construction process on Railroad Street.

The property formerly owned by the late Bob Smoot, was purchased by Blakeman Propane. After the land was cleared, construction and installation of holding tanks and a truck scale began.

The propane will arrive via rail tank, which will be routed onto the set-out track adjacent to the scale, from where the product will be delivered to holding tanks and subsequent trucks for further dissemination. "It will be constant truck traffic once they get it going," according to Councilman Dale Petersen.

Critel admonished, "That's even more reason for a stop then."