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Committee approves parking restriction and new stop signs after debate over safety at 20th & Wells
Summary
The Public Safety & Health Committee approved ordinances to restrict a parking space at Vliet & 50 Eighth and to add or adjust stop signs citywide; Alderman Bauman's request for a four-way stop at 20 Ninth & Wells was approved after debate about crash thresholds and alternative measures.
The committee approved a set of small, local traffic-control ordinances on May 22 and debated a request to install a four-way stop at 20 Ninth and Wells on Milwaukee's near West Side.
Scott Reinbacher of the Department of Public Works presented a proposed parking regulation change that would restrict one parking space at the southwest corner of Vliet and 50 Eighth Street to improve sight lines; Alderman Scott Moore moved passage and the ordinance was ordered without objection.
DPW also proposed a package of traffic-control changes, including all-way stop installations and yield signs at several intersections.…
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