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Commission approves 5th Street Plaza concepts, seeks grant funding and swaps concrete seat wall for comfortable seating
Summary
After a DDA presentation, the commission approved conceptual designs for the 5th Street Plaza, endorsed pursuing state and county grants including Main Street Oakland County funds, and amended the plan to replace a planned concrete seat wall with more comfortable seating in final documents.
The Royal Oak City Commission unanimously approved conceptual designs for a redesigned 5th Street Plaza on Jan. 27, directing staff to advance construction documents and pursue grant funding to help pay for the project.
Mister Solomon, the project presenter, described a boardwalk-themed plaza between South Lafayette and South Washington with tabletop intersections for accessible pedestrian crossings, a sod lawn (consultants advised against synthetic turf), festoon lighting, increased bike parking and movable bollards to permit emergency access.…
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