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Residents report confusion, safety worries about new traffic circles; commissioners call pilot temporary
Summary
Several residents told the commission they find recently installed traffic circles and bike-lane delineators confusing or unsafe for pedestrians; commissioners said the installations are temporary pilot projects, a public survey is open and permanent designs would differ from the demonstration units.
Multiple East Grand Rapids residents used the public-comment period on Aug. 18 to raise concerns about recently installed experimental traffic circles and bike-lane delineators.
Gerry Anderson of 435 Edgemere Drive told commissioners a 2023 study shows the area where a proposed 150-household development would exit onto a single driveway is already the most dangerous place in the city for pedestrians, and that the optics of installing traffic circles before completing traffic studies…
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