Friday, February 17, 2012
The Birmingham City Commission voted down a plan that would reconfigure East Maple Road east of Adams from four to three lanes after more than 50 residents packed the Monday night meeting.
An overwhelming outcry by residents on Birmingham's east side was largely responsible for the defeat of a plan to reinvent East Maple into a three-lane road between Adams and Eton. The Birmingham City Commission passed a resolution Monday to retain the current configuration of East Maple Road — two lanes going in each direction — instead of a plan that would have reduced the total number of lanes to three, one lane going in either direction with a center left-turning lane and bike lanes on both sides of the road. The three-lane plan was recommended to the City Commission by the engineering firm Parsons Brinkerhoff/LSL Planning, which studied the corridor last fall. The study determined that a narrowed and slower East Maple Road would …
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
After a debate that stretched long into the night, the Birmingham City Commission approved a plan that would maintain the four lanes of East Maple Road from Adams to Eton.
East Maple Road will be sticking with four lanes through Birmingham — at least for the foreseeable future. After a long night of discussion at the Birmingham City Commission meeting Monday night, the commission approved a plan that would preserve the current configuration of East Maple Road from Adams to Eton — with two lanes going in either direction — after the city reconstructs the roadway this summer. On the line Monday night was whether that stretch of East Maple would be reduced to three lanes, a plan recommended to the City Commission in December after the engineering firm Parsons Brinkerhoff/LSL Planning studied the corridor last fall. That plan would involve reducing the stretch of Maple Road from Eton to Adams from four to three …
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Friday, December 9, 2011
A plan presented at the Birmingham City Commission meeting Monday would narrow the road from four lanes to three between Eton and Woodward and would install bike lanes in each direction.
Birmingham city commissioners are looking for resident feedback on a plan that has the potential to change the daily commute for many Birmingham residents — and perhaps make congestion even more complicated for drivers. At their meeting Monday night, commissioners tentatively moved forward on a plan to reduce the stretch of Maple Road from Eton to Adams from four to three lanes. Bike lanes would be installed in both directions. The plans were submitted as part of an attempt to reinvent Maple Road using the principles of Complete Streets, with commissioners looking to make the road work better for cars and be safer for cyclists and pedestrians. “The East Maple Road corridor is a significant resource for vehicular traffic, not only for trips…
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Amanda
11:38 am on Friday, February 17, 2012
So much for "leadership." more ›