The campaign guide · October 9, 2026
One turn.
A fair look.
The 38th Avenue proposal, explained.
38th with Heart asks agencies to evaluate a dedicated eastbound left-turn pocket on 38th Avenue N into the north-side Cornerstone / Plato Academy entrance. Here’s the idea, what needs checking and what would count as progress.
Organized by The Jungle · About 4 minutes
01 / The location
Eastbound. Turning north.
The proposed approach is eastbound along 38th Avenue N in Jungle Terrace, with a left turn into the north-side entrance. 66th Street N is east of the site. This describes the requested movement, not a direction to drivers or a finding about which movements are permitted today.
Plato Academy’s official campus page lists 6725 38th Avenue N; Cornerstone’s location page lists 6745. Those addresses locate the frontage. The responsible agency still needs to verify the exact authorized entrance, existing signs and markings, and applicable access conditions.
02 / The engineering question
Can a useful pocket fit?
A dedicated pocket would aim to provide space for turning drivers to wait outside the through lane. Whether that works here depends on more than adding paint. Review should establish available pavement and right-of-way, room to enter the pocket, storage for waiting vehicles, sight lines and space to complete the turn.
Measurements and observations should come before a layout. Engineers would need to examine turning demand, opposing traffic gaps, nearby driveways, drainage, utilities and the space available beyond the entrance. A short pocket could fill up and leave a queue in the through lane. An opening alone does not provide waiting space.
The County’s January 2021 Transportation Design Manual (PDF) is background reading. The responsible agency must confirm the current criteria and their application here.
03 / Everyone using the road
The whole road has to work.
Any review should consider through traffic and westbound traffic alongside the proposed turn. Nearby residents, businesses, church visitors and school families share this stretch with people walking, cycling and making deliveries. Changing one movement can affect another entrance or shift a queue farther along the road.
Sidewalk access, driveway crossings, visibility and emergency access belong in the assessment from the beginning. Observations should include representative arrival and dismissal periods and ordinary commuter conditions. Nearby construction or detours can change what a particular day shows; the County’s 71st Street project page provides context to check when planning observations.
04 / Keep the claims clear
Goals to test. Evidence to gather.
The goals are clearer access, useful waiting space, easier trips and fewer obstructions. These are intended benefits, not measured results. This campaign has not established that the pocket fits, that a particular turn is legal, or that the proposal will reduce crashes, queues or delay.
A useful study would compare conditions before and after any approved change: how far queues extend, how long entrances or sidewalks are blocked, and what happens to turning and through traffic. It should explain tradeoffs, limitations and alternatives. No frontage-specific traffic count, guaranteed safety gain, approved design, funding or construction date is asserted here.
The dated record
A request was sent.
The verified sent-message record dates the written access and traffic-operations review request to October 9, 2026, at 9:08 a.m. EDT. At the last correspondence check, 4:47 p.m. EDT (20:47 UTC) that day, no agency reply, acknowledgment or case number had been confirmed. Sending a request does not establish delivery, agency acceptance or an approved study.
The requested next step is a responsible office, a defined review scope and a written feasibility finding. Later developments should be read as dated updates, rather than inferred from this record.
A local idea, open to a fair review.
38th with Heart is a grassroots, community-led movement organized by The Jungle and started by John Small. The Jungle’s wider community work is separate from support for this proposal. Following, joining or appearing in community coverage does not imply endorsement.
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Sources and scope
Official location pages, the County design manual and the 71st Street project page are linked beside the relevant text. Public sources checked October 9, 2026. Links and named road users are context, not endorsements.