CCCA would like to wish everyone a happy, safe and wonderful 2009.

Best Wishes,

CCCA Board of Directors

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If you have recently mailed in a membership form for joining/renewal, thank you for your support!  However, there was a misunderstanding with the P.O. Box in December, which caused the P.O. Box to be temporarily closed with mail being returned to senders.  The issue has been resolved with the Post Office. If your check & membership form was returned to you, please mail it back to the same PO Box number. Or you are more than welcome to drop it off at the home of our CCCA Membership Chair, Heather Penzenstadler:  28256 Elmira Street

CCCA greatly apologizes sorry for any inconvenience.

Several members of our neighborhood have voiced concerns over these changes, especially the changes at West Chicago and Harrison.  For that reason, I have contacted the City to get some more information on this intersection, and I wanted to share with you what I discovered. 

According to the MMUTCD, the minimum requirements for a 4-way stop are that the number of vehicles entering the intersection from the major street approaches averages at least 300 vehicles per hour for any 8 hours of an average day, and the combined vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle volume entering the intersection from the minor street approaches averages at least 200 units per hour for the same 8 hours.  To put that in perspective, there would need to be one car every 12 seconds on West Chicago and one car, bike, or pedestrian every 18 seconds on Harrison Road for an 8 hour period. 

I contacted Sgt. Studt from the Livonia Police Department, and he told me that according to a survey done in October, West Chicago handles about 1600 vehicles per day and Harrison handles about 600 a day.  This is nowhere near the minimum volumes for a 4-way stop. 

I hope this helps to shed some light on what the requirements are for a 4-way stop sign and why the city has been removing them in our neighborhood.

The November 8th drop-off event is your final opportunity in 2008 to rid your garage, basement and shed of unwanted and potentially hazardous waste; including paints, stains, dyes, lawn & garden chemicals, antifreeze, motor oil, gasoline, etc.

Electronic waste will also be collected including computers, monitors, keyboards, printers, scanners, cell phones, fax machines, copiers, televisions, etc.

This event is open only to the residents of Wayne County.

For questions regarding household hazardous waste please contact Public Service at (734) 466-2655.