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Residents urge city to halt vehicle connection from Ponderosa Pines until traffic study, safety fixes
Summary
At the Sept. 8 Rochester City Council meeting, several Bamberwood neighborhood residents asked the council to delay opening a vehicle connection from the Ponderosa Pines development to Fourteenth Avenue Southwest until the city completes a traffic-safety study and installs mitigations.
Dozens of Bamberwood neighbors told the Rochester City Council on Sept. 8 they oppose a vehicle connection from the Ponderosa Pines development to Fourteenth Avenue Southwest and asked the council to delay allowing vehicles onto the neighborhood streets until safety upgrades and a traffic study are completed. “Do not open this connection to vehicles until a proper safety traffic study is completed and mitigations are in place,” said resident Andrew Wong during the meeting’s public-comment period.
Why it matters: speakers said the roads in Bamberwood are decades old, were previously identified as substandard in city memos and earlier council discussions, and lack the improvements needed to safely…
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