City changes lanes on street projects

Taylor City Council signaled a change in direction on revised striping and lanereduction plans designed to prevent future bottlenecks on two of Taylor’s busiest streets, Second and Fourth.

Officials hope the alterations will calm traffic through downtown and surrounding areas as the city grows.

“You have one group of people saying it’s going to take 20 years before we double in size, then you’ve got another group that says we’re going to be doubled in five years. I lean toward five years,” said Mayor Dwayne Ariola at Thursday’s council meeting. “As more and more traffic comes through here, my fear is that we’re going to have a bottleneck.”