That money would be better spent building a pedestrian bridge over Tienken Road at Letica.

idea... It's a shame we can't take advantage of our areas topography. Example: where our mile roads take a topographical dip in the road, we could 'bridge across' and create a max 7 foot in hight space under the road at the center of the 'dip' for bikers, pedestrians, deer and other wildlife to pass under the road. This is not a new 'out of the box' idea, progressive thinking cities all over the country are doing these types of 'wildlife and non-motorized underpasses.' Then this raises the question... why can't our elected officials do this kind of idea in our communities.

Before going so far as to build a pedestrian bridge at Dequindre, I would try traffic calming devices such as speed bumps (the long, low kind) and better signage. This would be far less expensive than a bridge.

It's really a shame that people can't just obey basic traffic laws and stop for pedestrians in this town. When I stop for trail users on Dequindre, they stare at me as if to say, "Really, you are driving a car and you are actually STOPPING to let me cross the road??" I could name at least a half dozen other spots in Rochester/Rochester Hills where drivers routinely fail to give pedestrians and bicyclists the right of way. A massive education effort and better enforcement is needed, but even then I'm not sure it would make a difference.

At Livernois & at Avon, there are islands in the road for crossing, which means a rider/walker only has to cross one lane at a time. That might be cheaper than a bridge. I also agree about traffic calming devices. I believe there's a school south of the crossing (on the Shelby side) & then there's Yates Cider Mill -- why not look into extending the sidewalk so riders on both the Macomb Orchard Trail & the Clinton River Trail could bike to Yates (which might require a second crossing nearer Yates).

I rode my bicycle on the WOD trail in Virginia last year and was surprised at how the drivers were trained to stop for us. Cars that were moving at pretty good speeds would come to a quick stop for the bikes, even when we were still approaching the roads intersection. They saw us and stopped. Do not know how they got the drivers to respond like that. Maybe people are just more hospitable down south, I am not sure. Maybe someone from the Rochester leaders could look into this and contact those community leaders.

$160,000? Sounds like way too much. Lower the speed limit through there like they do for school zones, police it for awhile until people get the point and add some flashing lights that can be activated by a push button on either sides. Would that cost $160,000?