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Resident warns proposed Middle Fork roundabout could become truck turnaround near Middle Fork Middle School
Summary
A longtime resident urged the council to reconsider language in the City’s six‑year TIP that would allow use of a proposed Middle Fork roundabout as a truck turnaround, citing child safety, air pollution and conflicts with RCW school‑zone safety provisions.
Gary Fancher, a River Ridge resident and former North Bend Planning Commission chair, told the council during public comment on Sept. 2 that language in the city’s updated six‑year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) could allow a roundabout at Middle Fork Road to be used as a truck turnaround.
Fancher said the proposed design would permit commercial…
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