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Angry public turns out as Grand Junction council considers reverting Fourth and Fifth Street pilot
Summary
Dozens of downtown residents and business owners urged the City Council to revert pilot street changes on Fourth and Fifth Streets, saying the altered design has reduced parking, increased speeding on adjacent streets and harmed downtown businesses; cycling advocates and safety proponents warned that reverting lanes could increase collisions.
Dozens of downtown residents and business owners packed the Grand Junction City Council meeting on Aug. 6 to press elected officials to return Fourth and Fifth Street south of Grand Avenue to their pre-pilot configuration.
Speakers said the pilot conversion — which narrowed travel lanes and added protected bike facilities and bollards — has reduced parking and pushed traffic and higher speeds onto parallel residential streets. “Fourth and Fifth Street has always been our corridors through downtown,” resident Patricia Eddy said. “Let's put it back the way it was.”
Why it matters: The configuration affects downtown parking, pedestrian crossings and emergency-vehicle access on some of the city’s busiest corridors. Supporters of the pilot pointed to engineering and safety data used when the project was first designed; opponents described business losses, lost parking and…
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