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Grand Junction council faces divided public over Fourth and Fifth Street pilot after safety data and a 4–3 vote
Summary
A months‑long pilot that narrowed lanes on Fourth and Fifth streets drew sharply divided public comment Tuesday. Residents and business owners clashed over safety, traffic flow and process after a 4–3 council vote to cancel the next phase of the plan; council agreed to schedule more discussion at an upcoming workshop.
Mayor Cody Kennedy and members of the Grand Junction City Council faced sharply divided public testimony on Tuesday over a pilot project that narrowed Fourth and Fifth streets to slow traffic and add bike and pedestrian space.
Proponents — many who live in the Hawthorne Park and north‑of‑Grand Avenue neighborhoods — said the changes reduced speeding and made walking and bicycling safer. “The safety improvements have worked well in my favor as a bicyclist and a pedestrian,” Tom Acker said. He cited a city safety summary presented at the workshop showing a 63% drop in crashes during the pilot period.
Opponents — including several downtown business owners and other residents — said the pilot created traffic delays…
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