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Burton council votes to withdraw from Belsey–Bristol roundabout after packed public comment
Summary
After sustained public opposition and multiple residents warning a roundabout would harm a family-owned store, Burton City Council added an agenda item and voted to notify authorities that the city will withdraw from the Genesee County TIP roundabout project at Belsey and Bristol, cancelling the contract.
The Burton City Council voted to cancel the city’s participation in the Genesee County TIP roundabout project at Belsey and Bristol after an evening of public testimony and council discussion.
Residents turned out in force to oppose the plan and urged the council to protect Nearing’s, a family-owned neighborhood grocery that has operated at the intersection for about 65 years. Katie Nearing told the council, “We’re building a roundabout for a place that had 1 accident in 2023,” and said she worried the project would put her business in jeopardy.
The council first agreed to add discussion of the roundabout to the agenda, then took public comment. Speakers — many of them longtime residents and small-business patrons — raised similar…
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