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Grand Blanc Road Widening Fails to Protect Safety of over 5000 Residents

This summer’s major widening of Grand Blanc Road was designed without consideration of pedestrian and cycling access for over 3,000 residents to the Township’s only park.

On a cold Lion’s Game Sunday in January I circulated a petition in Thornridge Apartment complex and gathered 100 signatures to request a sidewalk, wider shoulders, and a barrier separated pedestrian walkway to the Bicentennial Park entrance. The response was overwhelming. “Yes! We’ve always needed that!”

I promised I would speak on their behalf at the Township Board Meeting and I did.

Township was not moved and the project is happening right now.

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Woman speaking at a podium during a public meeting or hearing, holding a paper and reading aloud while an audience listens.

A person in a black jacket with a hood filming another person speaking outdoors at Creasey Bicentennial Park in winter, with snow on the ground and a blue sign indicating park hours from 8 am to dusk.

If you agree that Township failed over 5,000 residents when designing the Grand Blanc Road Widening project , text Scott Bennett here:

Dear Scott, the Grand Blanc Road Project fails to protect residents' safety.