Mountain Road

An engineer for the State Highway Administration will speak at the next meeting of the Greater Pasadena Council at 7: 30 p.m. Thursday at the Eastern District Police Station on Mountain Road.Lawrence Elliott, an assistant district engineer for traffic, will discuss alternatives for improvements to Mountain Road.The mostly two-lane road is the main artery on and off the Pasadena peninsula.Information: 437-2661.Pub Date: 9/20/96

A 31-year-old Pasadena man was killed Sunday when his van sideswiped one telephone pole, bounced off another and crashed into a tree in front of a church in the the 4700 block of Mountain Road.William Alan Armentrout, 31, of the 8400 block of Lockwood Road was pronounced dead at the scene.The accident was the first of two on Mountain Road in the hours after midnight Sunday, county police said.In the second crash, Lennell V. Boone, 33, of the 7900 block of Caldwell Road in Pasadena was thrown from his bicycle when it was struck by a car. He was treated at North Arundel Hospital and released.

Residents along Mountain Road in the Joppa area say they are tired of the hazardous traffic on that busy roadway and they want state officials to do something to slow drivers down.Too many drivers exceed the 50 mph speed limit along the stretch of Mountain Road (Route 152) between Route 1 and Interstate 95, they say, risking the lives of those who use &L intersecting roads in residential areas off the two-lane highway.The intersections at Cheyenne Avenue and Old Joppa Road, in particular, have been the scenes of numerous accidents in recent years.

Thirteen-year-old plans to widen Mountain Road on the Long Point Peninsula may be scuttled or significantly delayed, a victim of the statewide fiscal crunch.Transportation Secretary O. James Lighthizer has promised to "cancel" the $16 million project along with 74 other state projects if the legislature doesn't give his department a significant portion of the five-year, $1.5 billion gas tax increase that he has requested.Lighthizer previously had threatened to defer state road projectsif the gas tax was rejected.

The Mountain Road Soccer Association Power (6-0-3) completed an impressive season last week by defeating the Harundale Heat, 1-0, to capture the 1983 Division I county boys soccer championship.The only score came in the third quarter on a cross from Alex Watts to Jonathan Phillip. David Chapman, Brad Lines, Meguel Toimas and Chris Watson provided constant pressure on the Harundale goal, and halfbacks Nicole Conrad, Mike Jungerheld and C. J. Rathell controlled the middle of the field.Fullbacks Eddie Baum, Justin Cameron, Jeremy Coley, Marc Pitonoz and Dan Clemson played strong defense in helping Steve Abey and Alex Bitzer earn their fifth shutout of the season.

SCHOOL HAS reopened for another year and that means the Mountain Road traffic jams have returned.After living off Mountain Road for 20 years, I have learned to check the calendar and the clock before leaving.My theories are basic. Fewer traffic jams occur between mid-June, when schools close for summer, and late August, when classes start again. That's barring any bad accidents or outdoor community events, of course.Then I consult my watch. Northbound traffic is heavy between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m., no matter what the season.

LIFE ALONG the congested eastern section of Mountain Road just got a little more complicated, thanks to a new county public works project on Woods Road. Earlier this month, a sign appeared, seemingly overnight, informing commuters that a section of Woods Road would soon close temporarily. Vehicles coming from Mountain Road would be allowed only as far west as the Lake Shore Athletic Complex. No dates for road closure were listed on the sign. "The sign just appeared telling us that Woods Road was closed," said Wilbert Parks, a Ryan Road homeowner.

A man with a knife robbed a Mountain Road gasoline station early Sunday morning, county police reported.Investigators said the man walked into a Shell station in the 100 block of Mountain Road at 12:46 a.m. and demanded money. A clerk gave the man money and he left the store, police said.

A Glen Burnie man was killed when an unidentified driver in a minivan struck him as he crossed Mountain Road, Route 177, near Mansion House Crossing.Brian J. Beacom, 29, of the 200 block of Scotts Manor Drive had left Lightning Jacks Bar in the 2800 block of Mountain Road shortly after midnight Saturday when a driver struck and ran over him in the eastbound lane, county police said.The driver fled the accident, continuing east toward Edwin Raynor Boulevard, police said.Beacom was taken to North Arundel Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12: 29 a.m. of multiple injuries, police said.

Joppa residents who have been complaining for some time about dangerous conditions on Mountain Road south of U.S. Route 1 may see a solution in the works by next spring.State highway officials say that a traffic light and left-turn lanes will be installed on Mountain Road (state Route 152) at Old Joppa.Charles Harrison, district engineer for the State Highway Administration, said a recent analysis of accident patterns and traffic volume in the area indicated that a traffic light is warranted.