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Council votes to ask city engineer to design changes at South Elliott/29th intersection
Summary
After extended public comment and debate about safety and traffic flow, the council voted to send the proposal to the city engineer for design work that would eliminate the curve and create a T intersection or other engineered solution.
The Pryor Creek council voted to ask the city engineer to develop design drawings for reworking the curve at South Elliott and 29th Street, sending the concept back for technical evaluation before the council considers any construction action. Mayor (speaking for the council) said the city will work with the county on construction and offered to take maintenance responsibility if the county performs the work. "I can I can tell Dale to get it drawn up?" the mayor asked during discussion.
Council members discussed options including signals (quoted cost ~$480,000), a roundabout (described as over $1,000,000), and a T-intersection that would remove the curve and keep north–south traffic free-flowing. After discussion, a council member moved to send the plan to the engineer; votes recorded in the meeting transcript show Bruce Smith, Joyce Shropshire and Terry Lamar voting yes and the chair announced the motion carried. The council did not commit to construction funding at the meeting and described the next step as engineering design and coordination with county officials.
