COUNCIL GIVES TRAFFIC CHANGES GREEN LIGHT

From: Roanoke Times & World News | Date: October 18, 2005| Author: Todd Jackson todd.jackson@roanoke.com 981-3253 | Copyright information

Roanoke's elected leaders have joked that messing with people's traffic patterns can be risky political business.

But Monday, City Council decided it's time to make some changes to one of Roanoke's busiest intersections at Towers Shopping Center, where a U.S. 220 exit ramp and 23rd Street meets with Wonju Street and Colonial Avenue.

The council, on a 4-1 vote, endorsed changes to the intersection that would include prohibiting left turns from Colonial Avenue onto 23rd, which runs...

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