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City accepts road safety audit for Maple Road and Eaton Street, asks multimodal board to review recommendations
Summary
A Michigan DOT grant-funded road safety audit identified pedestrian, bicycle and truck clearance risks at the Maple Road/Eaton Street railroad-bridge intersection; the commission approved the audit and asked the multimodal board to study near-term remedial signage and signal changes.
The Birmingham City Commission on Jan. 13 unanimously approved a road safety audit of the Maple Road and Eaton Street intersection and directed staff to transmit the audit to the multimodal transportation board for further study and near-term action on several recommendations.
Melissa Coda, engineering project manager, said the audit was funded by a SIMCOG grant and conducted by an independent, multidisciplinary audit team. The team performed daytime and nighttime field reviews in August 2024, examined crash frequency and severity, and produced an eight-step audit report with recommended short- and long-term countermeasures. Coda said the site is “an interesting” and…
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