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Residents urge council to pause Bunce Road multimodal plan, citing safety, tree loss and lack of local input
Summary
Dozens of Bunce Road residents spoke against a proposed shared‑use path during public comment at the Feb. 3 Lakewood council meeting. Speakers cited frequent driveways, heavy traffic, tree‑canopy loss, uncertain maintenance and minimal resident outreach as reasons to halt or redesign the project.
Dozens of Bunce Road residents used the public‑comment period at the Feb. 3 City Council meeting to press elected officials to pause or redesign a proposed Bunce Road rehabilitation that includes a 10‑foot shared‑use path.
Speakers said the corridor’s characteristics — frequent driveways, heavy motor‑vehicle traffic linked to I‑90, two supermarkets, gas stations and daily pedestrian flows to the high school — make a side‑path unsafe and impractical without major redesign. “This setup as it stands simply isn't safe for pedestrians or drivers,” resident Amy Herber said. “According to the city's documentation … fewer than 3% of the local high‑school students rely on bicycles as their primary mode of transportation.”
Residents’ main concerns
Public comments repeated several themes:
- Safety and conflict points: Speakers said a continuous…
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