Residents of Timbergrove Manor and Holly Park continue to protest the opening of Salford Dr. to through traffic in their neighborhoods. The street which intersects the two neighborhoods had been a dead end street since the neighborhoods were built. A developer purchased land along Minimax street which parallels the neighborhoods and wanted Salford to be opened for access to his development for either residential or commercial uses. The city accommodated the developer over the objections of the residents and allowed the barrier to be removed and an intersection built. However, the city closed the street again after residents had meetings with city officials and expressed strong opposition to the opening. The Director of Public Works promised to keep the street closed until construction began on the land and then a traffic study would determine if the street needed to be open.

Under pressure from the developer to open the street again, Council Member Toni Lawrence and Public Works convened a neighborhood meeting on May 1 to inform the residents of their options after the street opened. Again residents voiced their opposition to opening the street to through traffic, pointing out the negative impact to the neighborhood. They demanded that the city keep its promise made by the Director to keep the street closed until the need for it can be evaluated. The meeting ended with some confusion as to whether or not the promise stood. Later some residents asked for further clarification from Public Works and Council Member Lawrence as to the status of the street and distributed their responses to the neighborhood. Public Works confirmed the street will remain closed but did not indicate for how long. They did say that "access and egress needs connot be determined until development plans are known". So far the developer has not sold the property on Minimax St. Both Council Member Lawrence and Public Works say they are standing behind the Public Works Director's statement that the street will be opened only after development of the property takes place.This includes a traffic study to determine the necessity of opening the street. However, both the Council Member and Public Works continued to emphasize the use of traffic control, a mitigation barrier, signs, and speed humps as ways to control truck traffic on an opened street. .

In a letter to the Banner on May 18th, Andrew Icken, Deputy Director of Planning and Development at Public Works stated that a traffic device would be installed prior to the opening of Salford to prevent southbound traffic from turning left onto Minimax and westbound traffic on Minimax from turning north onto Salford. He says, "Salford would remain open to two way traffic north of the device." Mr. Icken maintains that Public Works will "require that appropriate construction traffic control plans, including worker parking locations, be submitted prior to the issuance of any building permits". He indicates that when the property sells and "the future use becomes more fully identified" Public Works will manage traffic appropriately "for all concerned."