It was a busy day for the Michigan Department of Transportation on Tuesday as dozens of residents showed up at a public meeting in Midland to learn more about a proposed $1.3 million roundabout in the city. The roundabout would replace the crossover where eastbound traffic on Lyon Road crosses the westbound U.S. 10 Business Route to join Patrick Road. The crossover has had a high number of accidents, with 28 angle crashes in the last five years and 20 crashes with injuries in the same time period. “This is a safety project,” said Bill Mayhew, manager of the MDOT Transportation Service Center in Mount Pleasant. “The Federal High Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation have done studies about roundabouts and they reduce crashes by 76 percent and they reduce fatalities by 90 percent. Those are real reductions. The purpose of this project is to save lives and reduce crashes.”
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Residents learn about Midland roundabout proposal
via Midland Daily News
It was a busy day for the Michigan Department of Transportation on Tuesday as dozens of residents showed up at a public meeting in Midland to learn more about a proposed $1.3 million roundabout in the city. The roundabout would replace the crossover where eastbound traffic on Lyon Road crosses the westbound U.S. 10 Business Route to join Patrick Road. The crossover has had a high number of accidents, with 28 angle crashes in the last five years and 20 crashes with injuries in the same time period. “This is a safety project,” said Bill Mayhew, manager of the MDOT Transportation Service Center in Mount Pleasant. “The Federal High Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation have done studies about roundabouts and they reduce crashes by 76 percent and they reduce fatalities by 90 percent. Those are real reductions. The purpose of this project is to save lives and reduce crashes.”
It was a busy day for the Michigan Department of Transportation on Tuesday as dozens of residents showed up at a public meeting in Midland to learn more about a proposed $1.3 million roundabout in the city. The roundabout would replace the crossover where eastbound traffic on Lyon Road crosses the westbound U.S. 10 Business Route to join Patrick Road. The crossover has had a high number of accidents, with 28 angle crashes in the last five years and 20 crashes with injuries in the same time period. “This is a safety project,” said Bill Mayhew, manager of the MDOT Transportation Service Center in Mount Pleasant. “The Federal High Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation have done studies about roundabouts and they reduce crashes by 76 percent and they reduce fatalities by 90 percent. Those are real reductions. The purpose of this project is to save lives and reduce crashes.”
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