Drive Like You Live Here

As a condition of approval of the StMM church proposal, we ask that traffic be mitigated by the StMM School and Church as a condition of approval of the project.

High volumes of traffic at StMM during worship and other church-sponsored activities are the source of traffic that queues up and blocks the intersections at Town Side/White Dogwood and White Dogwood/Apex Peakway, making it impossible for some residents to get in and out of their driveways, for emergency vehicles to get through, and presents unsafe conditions for pedestrians trying to cross in the designated walk-ways at all intersections between StMM and Apex Peakway. Town Side Drive has become a cut-through for non-residents and is not designed to handle this type of traffic and congestion.

We request that as a condition of approval of the StMM church proposal, that StMM Church and School create loops where traffic must enter and exit onto Apex BBQ Road before and after school, all services and other high-volume activities. We ask that all traffic exiting onto Town Side Drive be forced to turn left onto Town Side Drive through the use of approved loops, cones, and traffic management officials.

In addition to this traffic pattern, we request church policies that clearly define and enforce these traffic patterns for parishioners. We request school policies that address arrival and dismissal times and clearly define expectations for parents who drive their children to school. Once loops are established to put traffic on larger thoroughfares, we request enforcement of these policies by the Town of Apex and the Apex Police.