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Residents, including Ben Whiteman, urge Weatherford to drop roundabout route in proposed bypass
Summary
Residents told the Weatherford City Council the thoroughfare plan’s proposed roundabout and route would endanger Cherry Park, local daycare routes and multiple historic houses; staff said meetings with affected residents will be scheduled.
At its regular meeting, the Weatherford City Council heard extended public comment urging the city to reconsider a proposed bypass route that includes roundabouts through older residential neighborhoods.
Ben Whiteman, who identified himself as a neighborhood spokesperson, told the council he and other residents oppose the route shown in the current thoroughfare plan and said a 2013 revision reinserted a plan element residents had rejected in 2002. "It's not gonna happen," Whiteman said,…
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