Thursday, April 14, 2011

Road Diet

Items at City Hall have been fairly quiet lately. The main exception to that would be the “road diet” which the city is considering.

Traffic planners for Greeley could put the city on a “road diet,” in the next 25 years to reduce costs and to get as much of the city’s roadways utilized as possible. This means that particular areas of roads that rise up on the maintenance lists will be examined for possible lane reductions to accommodate turning lanes and bike lines in an attempt to minimize congestion and compound the uses of the road. Some of the plans could include the installation of roundabouts and any new major roads will be constructed for various uses. One of the main issues this diet faces is the possibility for road congestion on U.S. 34 and then it could create the problem of diverting traffic either north or south of the major highway.