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Residents and developers urge city to use road funds for micromobility; commission reviews Lime contract and helmet access
Summary
Public speakers urged Grand Rapids to invest state road funds in pedestrian, bike and micromobility infrastructure; commissioners discussed helmet access and an e-scooter contract with Lime that was removed from then approved off consent.
Community members, a local developer and a commissioner urged the Grand Rapids City Commission to steer recent state road funding toward micromobility, pedestrian safety and bicycle infrastructure rather than only traditional road repairs.
Laura Sessa, a Second Ward resident and member of the Mobile GR Commission, asked the city to use new state road funding to invest in “real micromobility, pedestrian, transit and cycling infrastructure” and to avoid repeating car-centric maintenance practices. “This…
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