City's recent decision for a new roundabout causes mixed reaction
A lot of people have strong opinions about roundabouts. Now, the City Council’s support for building one at North Avenue and Brookfield Road is generating heated reaction – and it’s divided, just like aldermen were. The plan, which narrowly passed the Council this week, now goes to Waukesha County, which will pay for and ultimately decide what to do with the intersection. The two options under consideration were a roundabout and traffic signals. The Council chose the roundabout in an 8-6 vote that is advisory to the County. A traffic engineering study provided research to aldermen that roundabouts have better safety statistics. However, opponents of the roundabout at that location are mostly concerned about the proximity to Brookfield …
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But not everyone agrees that building a roundabout at North Avenue and Brookfield Road would improve safety.
Brookfield will have another roundabout, if the Brookfield Common Council gets its way. And it’s a controversial one. A divided council, after hearing from a divided community, voted 8-6 Tuesday in favor of a roundabout at North Avenue and Brookfield Road. Council President Mark Nelson told Patch that the decision is advisory. “It’s a county road, so the ultimate decision is with the county,” he said. “The reason that it was before the Brookfield Common Council was because the county wanted to have our input. The idea of what should be there was pretty controversial. There was a lot of neighborhood input on that issue.” The choice ultimately boiled down to a roundabout or traffic signals at the intersection. According to Nelson, the …
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big ben
4:14 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012
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