City of GR hosts meetings, explore street changes

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The city of Grand Rapids is hosting open houses this week for the community to hear and provide input about possible changes being made to the city. The first one was held Monday.

One of the discussions includes transitioning Ottawa Avenue and Ionia Avenue between Fulton Street and Michigan Street from one-way streets to two-way streets.

“There was a call out of the downtown master plan, the GR Ford plan, to look at whether the one-way streets should go two-way,” Kristin Bennett Transportation Planning and Program supervisor, said. “Now we want to look at the bigger picture, not just that one-way, two-way conversation, but ask people to respond to you know does it work for pedestrians. How’s it working for transit.”

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