Plans for a new roundabout at the intersection of State and Ellsworth roads are moving ahead with a cost-sharing agreement for the project now in place. The Ann Arbor City Council voted 10-0 Monday night to approve the agreement with the Washtenaw County Road Commission for the $2.5 million project.
In a Sunday letter to the editor, "Roundabout might be a better solution than new Stadium Boulevard bridges", Howard P. Fox of Scio Township suggests that a modern roundabout might be a suitable and less expensive traffic control system than replacing the aging bridges that currently carry Stadium Boulevard over ...
A recent news item reported that the financing for the Stadium Boulevard bridges has again been delayed. This seems to present an ideal time to re-examine the problem, and perhaps find another solution. I believe a roundabout should be considered. With the recent rise of these, in and around Ann ...
A new roundabout at the intersection of Whittaker and Stony Creek roads has opened to traffic in Ypsilanti Township. "As you can see this morning, people are figuring it out all by themselves on the first day that it's in use," Doug Fuller, a Washtenaw County road commissioner, said while inspecting ...
I noticed in the newspaper that the Michigan Department of Transportation is working with Wayne State University on a survey about roundabouts. The Maple Road traffic circles are, without a doubt, horribly maintained. Three huge light posts have been destroyed and not replaced. The roundabout traffic signs are broken and ...
How do you like those roundabouts? The Michigan Department of Transportation is working with Wayne State University to find out what drivers think of the modern traffic circles, which have become an increasing presence in Michigan in recent years.
Very recently I read in the AnnArbor.com newspaper that construction is under way at the U.S. 23/Geddes Road interchange. It's the latest example of the roundabout mania sweeping our state. Since when and why do we need a monster roundabout at every major intersection? For years I have been driving ...
Preliminary site work has begun on a $5.28 million project aimed at relieving traffic congestion along one of the worst bottlenecks in Ann Arbor. By this time next year, crews will have constructed three new roundabouts along Geddes Road - two at the US-23 interchange and one at Earhart Road ...
Editor’s note: The following letter was addressed to the Washtenaw County Road Commission. I am writing to urge you to expedite your negotiations and finalize an agreement regarding the maintenance of roundabouts in Ann Arbor. I have been told that a draft agreement is currently being negotiated relating to the ...
With Washtenaw County road officials planning more roundabouts in the coming years, new data concludes traffic circles recently built in Ann Arbor have reduced the number and severity of accidents. Statistics compiled by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments show that in 2008 - the first full year after the ...
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