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Resident raises questions about 9 Mile Road traffic study and proposed road diet
Summary
A resident told council that a previously presented traffic study on a proposed 9 Mile Road road diet contained discrepancies and urged the city to address phase 3 funding and safety concerns.
A neighborhood resident raised concerns at the May 20 Eastpointe City Council meeting about the city’s traffic study and a proposed reduction of lanes on 9 Mile Road.
The resident said it has been “almost a year now” since the city began exploring reducing 9 Mile Road to three lanes between Tuscany and Kelly and that it has been more than six months since the traffic study was presented by AEW. The resident said there were “a lot of discrepancies” in the study that had not been addressed publicly and questioned specific figures the study used for crash rates and injury percentages. The resident noted the study reported “5 crashes per month on 9 Mile” with about 28% resulting in injury, but said forecasts in the study showed injury crashes rising to 64% in 20 years even with the road diet, a result the commenter called inconsistent.
The resident also said traffic patterns had shifted during construction, with drivers avoiding 9 Mile and using Stevens and side streets instead, and quoted local first responders (Sage and Marquardt) raising concerns about emergency response on side streets. The commenter asked the council to address phase 3 of the 9 Mile project soon because of an apparent funding deadline.
Council did not take formal action on the item during the May 20 meeting; the remarks were made during public comment and request staff follow-up. The transcript does not show a staff response resolving the technical questions about the traffic study at that meeting.
