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Stewart neighborhood asks Kalamazoo City for speed signs, speed bumps and radar displays
Summary
Stewart neighborhood association requested a package of traffic-calming measures — 25 mph signs on multiple blocks, speed bumps in 2026, and two radar speed-display signs — citing eight accidents this spring at West Main and Douglas and urging action before planned road conversions.
Representatives of the Stewart neighborhood told the City of Kalamazoo Committee of the Whole on Nov. 20 that they want immediate traffic-calming measures on several neighborhood streets and asked the commission to prioritize installations before larger road conversion projects are completed.
"We are requesting 25 mile per hour speed limit signs to be installed this fall facing each lane of ongoing traffic" on several blocks, said Jessica Van Stratten, a Stewart neighborhood resident. Van Stratten listed the specific locations requested: Stewart Avenue (between West Main Street…
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