Oakdale neighbors lobbied, CPNO supported, and—with the help of city councilman, Amir Farokhi, and his Chief of Staff, Jay Tribby—the city delivered a 6-month trial of a 4-way stop at Oakdale Road and Iverson St. This was the last remaining 4-way intersection on Oakdale Road in Candler Park without a four-way stop or light—and on a route that kids take to school and people take to MARTA. In the later 1800s, it was called North Bell Street, for the first half of the 20th century it was Whitefoord Ave, but whatever the name, Oakdale Road was never designed to be the major traffic artery it has become. Let’s hope that the new 4-way stops makes the street safer for pedestrians and cars alike.
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