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City presents two restriping options for Grand Boulevard; commissioners favor the safer three-lane layout
Summary
Staff presented two alternatives for Grand Boulevard: converting four travel lanes to three with a two-way left-turn lane or an uphill two-lane configuration that retains four lanes. Staff said the three-lane option is the safer, cheaper way to add pedestrian crossings but would increase travel time modestly; design work is expected next year with construction expected no later than 2027.
City staff presented two design alternatives for restriping Grand Boulevard to add a center turn lane and improve safety, and commissioners expressed a clear preference for the option staff described as the safer outcome for pedestrians.
"This one's the safest option for pedestrians," Brian Brisendine of Integrated Capital Management said of the three-lane conversion that would create a two-way left-turn lane and single travel…
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