Driving from Morristown to Long Valley along county roads 510 and 513, one has to be impressed by the well-marked crosswalks and pedestrian “yield” signs that are in place serving schools and business districts. Then, when you come into Long Valley and turn northward up Schooley’s Mountain Road (county road 182), instead of those well-marked crossings, you see potential pedestrian tragedies waiting to happen and a history of traffic incidents (28 over the past five years, in fact). Besides the Columbia Trail head, Zion Lutheran Church activities, and local business traffic, including the Long Valley Green Market, lack of safe crossings affect all pedestrian, bike, an vehicular traffic from the 513 & 517/182 intersection to Maple Avenue. According to Mayor Short, Morris County has been made aware of this dangerous situation but has yet to address it. I’m wondering what it will take before the County acts—I hate to think about it.
Local resident and fellow Green Team member, Gregg Forsbrey has taken this issue to county officials, congressional representatives, and plans to bring it to a county engineer at Wednesday’s 7:30 p.m. WT committee working session. Details and a petition will be available for residents on the Green Team table at Thursday’s Long Valley Green Market from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
