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Residents question Bates Road bike-lane plan; aldermen order traffic counts
Summary
A resident urged the Board of Aldermen to reconsider removing a third lane on Bates Road for bike lanes and to verify vehicle counts; the board voted to deploy traffic counters and discussed whether to fund a fuller traffic study tied to a federal STBG grant.
Public comment and council discussion at the Darden Prairie meeting focused on whether Bates Road should lose a vehicle lane in favor of bike lanes and whether the project scope should proceed under a federal STBG grant.
Resident Mike Wooldridge told the board he watches the corridor daily and sees "lucky if I see 1 or 2 bikes" and said, "I just don't think it's appropriate to remove that third lane for bike…
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