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Beloit staff detail past road diets, proposed reconfigurations and safety data
Summary
City staff presented results from past road-diet projects, shared data on accident and speed reductions, and outlined planned and potential reconfiguration projects including Cranston, Showpier and Willowbrook/Collie reconstruction.
City staff presented a roughly hour‑long review on April 7 of recent and proposed road reconfiguration projects aimed at improving safety and multimodal access across Beloit.
The presentation, delivered by a city staff member identified as Bill, summarized why the city implements “road diets” (reducing four travel lanes to three with a two‑way left‑turn lane), the safety benefits observed in prior projects and several planned or potential projects ranging from Cranston Road and Showpier Road to a RAISE grant reconstruction of Willowbrook and Collie Road.
City staff said road diets reduce conflict points and tend to lower both crash counts and severity while improving conditions for pedestrians and bicyclists. The presentation cited Henry Avenue as an early road‑diet example: in the corridor between Riverside and Royce Avenue, staff reported 63 crashes in the three years before the conversion and 33 crashes in the two…
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