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Council debates WSDOT downtown bike-lane proposal, raises parking and safety concerns
Summary
Benton City officials discussed a WSDOT plan to convert angled parking to parallel stalls and add a downtown bike lane; council members worried about lost parking for businesses, dooring risks, ADA and transit access and asked staff to coordinate further with WSDOT and the city engineer.
Council members spent an extended portion of the June 3 meeting discussing a WSDOT-drafted plan to add bike lanes through Benton City’s downtown by converting angled parking to parallel parking and inserting a bike lane between the sidewalk and parked cars (with a small safety buffer).
Staff said WSDOT had indicated funding and had shared draft maps; the plan would convert three…
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