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Could this be a bike lane on Vernier Rd.
in Grosse Pointe Shores? Technically, no

Cyclists who saw the brand-new striping on the just-resurfaced stretch of Vernier Road in Grosse Pointe Shores are forgiven for thinking this is the first of the new bike lanes discussed earlier this year, but alas, it's not. But it could be. Eventually. Shores city manager Brian Vick said the white line is a lane marker, required by the Michigan Department of Transportation as part of its oversight of the resurfacing project. read more...

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Extra Lane on Vernier

Submitted by pilotster on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 18:44.

I wonder what reason Grosse Pointe Shores could possibly have for NOT designating the extra lane as a bike lane.  Why have an extra lane exactly the size of a bike lane and not call it a bike lane?

To Vick, it's 'passion' – and it goes
with the territory in the Shores

All five of the Grosse Pointes are dealing with hard times, but none are doing it with as much public acrimony as Grosse Pointe Shores. A special election in the spring to recall the mayor and two council members did not succeed and failed to heal the rift that opened over the city's financial difficulties.

And the man in the middle of the battleground is city manager Brian Vick. read more...

12 residents join effort to solve
Grosse Pointe Shores' budget

At its June meeting, the Grosse Pointe Shores City Council sought to head off public objections to the ongoing pain of budget-making by inviting residents to join in the effort. At the July meeting, 12 interested residents formally became part of the process. 

The 12, who form the Blue Ribbon Committee, are Daniel Aitken, James Anderson, Robert Barrette, Bruce Bisballe, John Booth, Peter Dolan, Brian Garves, Robert Gesell, Quresh Khairullah, Daher Rahi, David VanEgmond and Ralph Wenskus.  read more...