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Resident warns Market Street changes will push semis through residential Locust Street, requests city review
Summary
A West Side resident told council a no‑parking change related to Market Street work is redirecting semi‑trucks onto residential Locust Street and asked city staff to review routing and parking decisions.
Chris Taylor, a resident of the 1500 block of West Locust, told the Bloomington City Council on July 14 that a change to no‑parking on the north side of his block and recent Market Street work are routing semi‑trucks through a residential neighborhood and creating safety concerns near schools and multifamily housing.
Taylor said a letter notifying residents of the parking change was brief and that initial contacts with district staff at IDOT were redirected back to city staff. He described a recently completed Market Street project and lane modifications at Market and White Oak Road that now prevent eastbound drivers from turning left onto White Oak Road; Taylor said truck traffic is being routed to Henshall Street and then through Locust Street to reach White Oak Road.
Taylor told council the change has removed parking for longtime residents on his block and increased traffic on a street used by families, children walking to schools and people accessing O’Neil Park. He asked whether semis could instead be routed onto Martin Luther King Drive, a four‑lane industrial corridor that connects to White Oak Road.
Mayor Dan Brady acknowledged the comment and said staff would take Taylor’s concerns under advisement and ask staff to look into the issues raised. No formal action or vote occurred during the public comment period; staff later told council during other agenda items they would review traffic routing and parking decisions with relevant agencies and departments as needed.
