Traffic improvement study to begin

Mountain Brook residents are most concerned with the maintenance of streets and traffic congestion, according to a recent survey, and now the city is taking steps to address it.

The city entered an agreement with the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham (RPCGB) to conduct a citywide traffic study at its Aug. 11 meeting.

The study, to be conducted by Skipper Consulting, will ultimately determine eight intersection project locations to conduct low-cost improvements. The city is hoping to secure an Advance Planning Programming & Logical Engineering (APPLE) grant to pay for $40,000 of the approximately $45,000 project.

RPCGB will hold a public involvement meeting to solicit public input on the intersections, but a date has not been set.