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Canton council delays downtown master plan after debate over East Main Street "road diet"
Summary
On Dec. 19, 2024, the City of Canton council voted to table approval of a downtown master plan until Jan. 16 after business owners and some council members objected to a proposed lane reduction on East Main Street.
The City of Canton council voted Dec. 19 to table action on a proposed downtown master plan until the council——s Jan. 16 meeting after debate centered on a recommended East Main Street "road diet."
The master plan, developed with consultant Modern Mobility and recommended by the Downtown Development Authority, lays out a series of traffic, pedestrian and streetscape projects for downtown Canton. Councilmember Jason Roach and several downtown stakeholders urged removing a proposed project (DMP ID 19, page 40 of the draft master plan) that would reduce eastbound East Main Street from two lanes to one lane for part of downtown, citing delivery access, emergency access and business impacts.
Planner Rachel Watson, who presented the plan, said the road-diet…
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