As you may or may not know, the city council approved a new truck wash in Monday’s meeting (Item #16 FF: 25:00) A concerned citizen sent me this email shortly after the decision.
My wife and I have lived in the center of Skyline Heights for the last seventeen years. We moved there because we got tired of the small lot and neighborhood covenants that choked us when we lived in Sioux Falls. We wanted something with a little more privacy on a larger lot. Hence, Skyline. We have over an acre, and good neighbors. When we moved there we were not looking to somehow screw the system. We still spend a lot of money in SF and we, along with ALL those that live there feel impacted by decisions made by our city leaders. We have been promised a lot by the city with regards to how the land east of Flyin’ J would be developed. Bottom line in all this? This land was going to be residential, the Flyin’ J being the LAST exception. So we were told, time, after time, after time by Mike Cooper. Personally I got no problem with Flyin J. The noise has been no issue for us. The decibel levels are still much lower than when we lived in Sioux Falls.
The only real noise pollution we have comes from J & L’s Harley beer parties every weekend thru the summer. Even at that, no real big deal, cuz we’re rarely around on weekends in the summer anyway. But I can assure you big trouble looms in that area. Already the corner of Granite Lane and North 60th Street (Flyin’ J entrance) is a major safety concern. There are accidents there that are outside the norm because of slow moving trucks and overzealous car and bike riders. One biker has already been killed at the J & L intersection. Adding another clot to the Flyin J  intersection spells only one thing for that area. More travelers of the roadways are going to continue to be in accidents in that area. Slow moving trucks negotiating turns, car drivers in a hurry to get to or from work, and partying Harley riders is a perfect storm for a tragedy to happen at that spot. MARK my words. It’s gonna happen. The council and mayor were made well aware of that, but somehow ALL they are interested in is the prospect of a few more minimum wage jobs that are going to be the economic engine that drives our city.
I find it amazing that traffic and safety concerns were never discussed.