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Eastpointe council hears residents oppose 9 Mile road diet; city says comments sent to NEPA
Summary
At an Oct. 21 Eastpointe City Council meeting, city staff reported 78 public submissions opposed and 10 in favor of a proposed road diet on 9 Mile Road. Residents at the meeting raised safety and emergency-response concerns and said they felt local public-safety feedback had been sidelined.
Eastpointe City officials told the City Council on Oct. 21 that the city compiled public feedback from an Oct. 15 forum on a proposed “road diet” on 9 Mile Road and has forwarded the responses to the federal review agency NEPA. City staff said the forum produced 78 submissions opposing the road diet and 10 in favor.
The tally was reported by City Manager (interim) Elke Toome during the administration report. "Once they were compiled, we do have 78 combined responses…against the road diet. And we had 10 responses that were for the road diet," Toome said. She told council staff had sent the compiled comments to NEPA but had not yet received acknowlegement of receipt.
The forum and the council meeting drew multiple…
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