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Residents warn of safety and traffic impacts if 4th Street becomes a thoroughfare
Summary
During the public hearing on the Master Thoroughfare Plan, residents said the map is out of date and warned that designating 4th Street as a thoroughfare could worsen school and church traffic safety; the commission nonetheless recommended the plan 4-0.
During the Jan. 13 public hearing on Lindsay's Master Thoroughfare Plan, residents raised concerns that the map is outdated and that designating 4th Street as a through corridor would create safety problems where school and church traffic are heavy. Monica Parkhill told the commission the "map is not up to date and does not have 4th Street as a through street" and asked for details about proposed thoroughfare widths and the number of corridors on the map.
Another resident, Diane Hermes, said she was troubled by 4th Street appearing on the thoroughfare map "with how busy it is with school and church traffic," warning that the designation could change traffic patterns near sensitive pedestrian activity. The commission closed the hearing at 6:48 p.m. and later voted 4-0 to recommend adoption of the plan; the transcript records the concerns but does not show technical responses or immediate changes to the map.
