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Engineers present low‑cost restripe and higher‑cost rebuild options for Bailey Boswell/Basswood; signal-equipment failures cited as priority
Summary
City staff showed two options to reduce northbound left-turn backups at Bailey Boswell and Basswood — a $15,000 restripe and signage option and a $250,000 option requiring new pavement and a new signal mast arm — and urged the city to prioritize replacing faulty signal detection (estimated $45,000 per intersection) for better corridor performance; regional COG funding is approved but delayed awaiting Text Out agreements.
City engineers on May 7 presented two alternatives to reduce northbound left-turn stacking at the Bailey Boswell/Basswood intersection and outlined signal-equipment and timing issues affecting the corridor.
Trenton described a less-expensive option that restripes an existing through/right lane to allow a combined through-plus-left movement and adds signage and a minor signal modification, with a preliminary cost estimate of about $15,000. The higher-cost plan would remove the…
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