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Residents raise safety concerns about proposed Burbank roundabout and request warmer streetlight tones
Summary
Two residents during the Feb. 3 Wooster council meeting urged the city to reconsider a planned peanut roundabout near Burbank and to prefer warm-amber LED streetlights over blue-white fixtures, citing emergency-response and glare concerns.
Two speakers during the public-comments portion of the Feb. 3 Wooster City Council meeting raised separate safety and design concerns: one opposed a proposed "peanut" roundabout at Burbank and nearby intersections, saying it could delay emergency responses during peak school traffic; another asked the city to request amber-colored LED streetlights instead of blue-white fixtures to reduce glare and preserve neighborhood character.
Barnett, a resident who asked the council to extend his time to five minutes, blamed prior distracted-driving incidents and described a close call in which a vehicle struck his mailbox while the driver was on the phone. He said building a roundabout at the Burbank–Winkler area would back up traffic near the…
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