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Downtown residents raise safety concerns after council staff says Main–Maplewood signal lacks warrant; streets committee to meet Feb. 18
Summary
Residents urged the council to reconsider plans to remove the traffic signal at Main and Maplewood; city staff said engineering warrants are not met and recommended a four-way stop. Council set a streets committee meeting for Feb. 18 to review concerns.
Downtown residents told the Sylvania City Council Feb. 3 they were worried about pedestrian safety after city staff said a traffic signal at Main and Maplewood did not meet current engineering warrants and is slated to be replaced by a four-way stop.
Deb Chaney, a downtown resident, told the council: "Our concern is a safety issue with removal of a stoplight at Main and Maplewood. ... We feel that it should be really reconsidered and not have that be removed." Chaney pressed the council for verification of whether the signal could be reinstalled at city expense if removed.
City staff member Mr. Shaw (presenting the project) said the intersection was…
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