Published: 4/18/2018 6:02:50 PM
As the May ballot approaches, the Planning Board is in its final days of explaining its zoning overhaul to the public, and the board is receiving mixed reactions.
The board has several amendments on the ballot this year, the most comprehensive of which is its “zoning simplification” amendment. While its aim is to streamline the code, the amendment itself is the longest and most complex of the ones proposed by the board this year, and will have the most impact on what types of building can go on in town.
The “simplification” piece of the ordinance is that it makes the zoning more uniform, taking the existing districts and overlays and making them into more packaged districts. While some regulations are changing, many of them will stay the same for those areas, such as what uses are allowed there.
More snow on the way means more slick conditions on Michigan roadways — and, inevitably, more crashes. And while drivers can get into a wreck anywhere in winter weather, some spots are well-known as problem areas when conditions are treacherous.
10 most dangerous Michigan winter roads
Driving too fast is top issue
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We all know how tough Michigan roads can get during the winter months. Just ask your knuckles.
Michigan Auto Law recently compiled a list of the most dangerous stretches of road in Michigan during the winter months, using five years of crash statistics, from 2015 to 2019.
According to the winter driving accident statistics, approximately 65% of the overall winter crashes involve drivers driving “too fast for conditions,” the Michigan State Police reported.
Most of the top 10 list is in West and Northern Michigan. None of them are in Metro Detroit.
Top 10 Worst Michigan Roads During The Winter
After two large snow events in the last couple weeks, it s finally starting to feel like winter in Michigan and that means more accidents because of bad road conditions.
And now that the bad road conditions are becoming more common, the accidents are starting to pile up on dangerous road throughout the state.
Each year in June, Michigan Auto Law releases a list of the most dangerous intersections, but this year they went one step further and gave us a list of the most dangerous roads during winter.
The list includes the 10 most dangerous roads and one of them is right here in Grand Rapids.
Icy roads and driving too fast for the conditions are to blame for most winter auto accidents
Brandon Hewitt is an attorney with Michigan Auto Law and he shared some State of Michigan statistics that demonstrate how dangerous winter driving conditions can be. Author: 13 ON YOUR SIDE Staff Published: 6:37 AM EST February 6, 2021 Updated: 6:37 AM EST February 6, 2021
Winter took a while to get here but we’re getting a taste of it now. And that means dicey driving conditions. Brandon Hewitt is an attorney with Michigan Auto Law and he shared some State of Michigan statistics that demonstrate how dangerous winter driving conditions can be: