The intersection of State and Locust streets in Big Rapids may become a little easier to negotiate.

 

Big Rapids Public Safety Director Jim Eddinger proposed eliminating 150 feet of parking along Locust at Monday's City Commission meeting.

 

“When someone comes off of south State and travels east onto Locust, right after the dentists office on the south side of the street there's some legal parking that causes traffic to be pinched off,” he says.

 

Big Rapids City Manager Steve Sobers agrees with the proposal saying it's difficult to see traffic in the area.

 

“There are two lanes coming out of Locust onto State and one coming off of State into Locust that creates kind of a visual challenge as folks come around that corner or as they leave.”

 

Eddinger notes parking along the stretch of Locust leading up to State needs to have no parking signs posted.

 

“When I drive through that hundred block I see a lot of partially yellow painted curbs and I don't really see anything in our statutes about yellow curbs. I do know that they need to be signed.”

 

The City Council voted unanimously to approve the signage at Monday's meeting.