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Council approves direction to study Freedom Parkway–Walmart/Menards corridor after recurring safety complaints
Summary
Council directed staff to seek a Terra Engineering traffic study for the Freedom Parkway, Menards and Walmart corridor to evaluate left‑turn safety and possible geometric changes (signals, roundabout, alternate access); Chief Stevens provided crash counts showing fluctuations from 2020–2025 and said the new Freedom Parkway routing changed traffic patterns.
City staff asked the Committee of the Whole on April 13 for authorization to request a traffic study from Terra Engineering for the Freedom Parkway–Menards/Walmart corridor and adjacent intersections, citing repeated resident complaints about left‑turn safety and traffic flow.
City Engineer Dennis Carr said the scope would include vehicle counts at the Walmart entrances and McClugage, a geometric review of alternatives (signals,…
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