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Plan Commission reviews transportation element for Local Area 16, recommends traffic-calming and connectivity changes
Summary
Mount Pleasant planning staff presented a draft transportation-element update for Local Area 16 that would keep key collector connections while removing infeasible road segments and adding traffic-calming features; commissioners asked staff to refine the plan and return for formal public hearings.
Mount Pleasant Plan Commission members on Sept. 17 reviewed a proposed update to the comprehensive plan's transportation element for Local Area 16, a growth area east of Pike River and west of Taylor Street, and asked staff to refine and return with a formal proposal and public hearings.
Staff said the update responds to multiple development proposals and resident concerns in the Brown Road area and seeks to ensure new streets align, provide connectivity, and avoid unbuildable or environmentally sensitive links. The presentation described recommended deletions (including a proposed bridge over the Pike River and rail corridor and a roadway through a wetland/public-park site), retained elements (a planned Oaks Road…
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