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Urbana committee backs sending $200,000 road-diet demonstration on Lincoln Avenue to council
Summary
Staff requested MFT appropriation to test a temporary 'road diet' on Lincoln Avenue (Washer Drive–Killarney) using a $200,000 Safe Streets and Roads for All grant. The committee voted unanimously to forward the MFT resolution to city council with a recommendation for approval after discussing data collection, emergency response, bus operations, and neighborhood impacts.
Urbana transportation staff presented a proposal to conduct a temporary road-diet demonstration on Lincoln Avenue between Washer Drive and Killarney Street, asking the Committee of the Whole to appropriate $200,000 from motor-fuel funds (to be reimbursed by a Safe Streets and Roads for All grant) to pay for temporary restriping, traffic control devices, maintenance of markings during the demonstration, and removal at the end of the test period.
Staff described the demonstration as a temporary restriping of the corridor from four travel lanes to a three-lane configuration (one lane each direction plus…
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