The Urbana City Council voted to reduce the speed limit on a portion of road through campus where a pedestrian was hit last fall (possibly due to not being careful) and addressed a few other items last night at their City Council meeting (agenda and video here). Here's a quick excerpt from today's News-Gazette coverage:
Urbana council approves lowering speed limit on Lincoln near CampustownMore information at the full article here.
Gray said the city did a study last year on Lincoln, reviewing crash data, daily traffic data and public comments since 2014.
In the short term, the study recommended the changes to the speed limit and installation of pedestrian signs. In the long term, it recommends that the city fund additional infrastructure improvements by applying for a Highway Safety Improvement Program grant.
The goal is to get that grant in 2019, Gray said. It would fund new street features like center medians and bumpouts at intersections, which shorten the amount of street a pedestrian has to cross.
In other business:
— Council members approved development of a new apartment building at 1007 W. University Ave. The location is currently home to a Niro's Gyros restaurant.
Green Street Realty intends to replace the existing one-story building with a five-story one. It's slated to have commercial space on the bottom floor with apartments above.
— Members voted against replacing the brick sidewalk on Anderson Street between East High and East Green streets with concrete. There have been several public comments on the issue, many of them against using concrete.
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