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Bay Farm residents press council over McCartney Road redesign and safety; council hears mixed views
Summary
Multiple Bay Farm residents told the council Jan. 6 they oppose lane reductions and new bike lanes on McCartney Road (Phase 43), citing traffic, accident data and lack of council-level approval; advocates from BikeWalk Alameda defended the changes as safety-driven and noted a 2023 traffic death.
Residents of Bay Farm Island urged Alameda leaders on Jan. 6 to reconsider parts of the Phase 43 McCartney Road redesign, saying lane reductions and new bike lanes will increase congestion and risk for neighborhood residents.
Speakers including Ray Greyber and Steve Bondi said engineers and community members had raised concerns that staff used a long time horizon for accident data (15 years) and that the project had not been approved by council prior to construction. "It is what can be termed as possible…
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