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Public outreach highlights parking, pedestrian safety and timing concerns for Main Street redesign
Summary
Spanish Fork staff and consultants summarized public input from business and public workshops on the Main Street concept design: parking and east–west crosswalks were top concerns, opinions split on medians and signals, and construction is not scheduled before 2028.
City staff and consultants summarized community outreach findings on proposed improvements to Main Street, telling the Spanish Fork City Council that business owners prioritized on-street parking and east–west crossings while many residents urged traffic-calming and better pedestrian visibility.
Chris Thompson, a city staff member who introduced the outreach summary, said the project seeks to balance competing priorities: safety, congestion relief and support for downtown businesses. Public engagement lead Leah Jaramillo said, "we heard from about a hundred folks between the two events," including a morning workshop for business owners and an evening open house for the general public.
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