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Officials weigh realignment of Union Road and Highway 76 to improve safety; appraisals to be sought
Summary
White House officials reviewed a long-studied plan to realign Union Road to Pleasant Grove Road to address a high-crash intersection with Highway 76. Staff said the plan likely requires purchasing about 2.2 acres from multiple owners and will need appraisals and negotiations before any acquisition or condemnation action.
Council members considered a long-running proposal to realign Union Road to meet Pleasant Grove Road as a safety and connectivity improvement. Staff framed the matter as part of the city's major thoroughfare planning (documents from 2010 and 2018) and said the intersection had high crash rates and severe crashes, supporting the need for a long-term fix.
"That intersection had high end crash rate...number 1 in crash rate, number 2 in severity," staff said while describing the planning…
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