Neighbors press Saginaw council for fixes at Bailey Boswell–Jarvis intersection; staff to pursue flashing signs and advisory review

Multiple residents told the Saginaw City Council the intersection at Bailey Boswell and Jarvis has become a dangerous cut-through for traffic, with frequent stop-sign violations and recent crashes. Amy Quinn and other neighbors said drivers use the intersection to avoid congestion, sometimes making illegal left turns into their neighborhood.

A resident who lives nearby said a Saginaw officer wrote 15 tickets in 30 minutes during one enforcement period and 10 more in another, and that someone recently struck a parked car; another resident said a motorcycle fatality previously occurred at the bend. "We had another car come around the corner and run the corner so fast that they wrecked into a parked vehicle on the corner," a resident said.

Staff told the council flashing stop signs would be installed after Oct. 1 once the new fiscal-year budget is active and that the traffic-safety advisory board will review intersection options, including no-left-turn signage and rumble strips. Fire Chief Spears warned that converting the existing configuration (the 'pork chop' design) to an exit-only arrangement could impede emergency-vehicle access and create access challenges for the department.

Council members and staff said they do not have a single simple solution but will pursue multiple deterrents and bring the intersection to the advisory board for more detailed study. No binding ordinance or new traffic control device was adopted at the meeting; staff said they will place measures on the traffic-safety-advisory-board agenda and monitor enforcement.