IT'S BAAAACK!--Muskegon is moving forward with a major rebuild of M-46 (Apple Avenue) and they’re calling a public meeting next week to “discuss” it.

But buried in the details is the part MDOT is dressing up as “traffic calming measures to improve safety for motorists and pedestrians”: a straight-up reduction from **four lanes to three**, complete with a dedicated left-turn lane. - Muskegon Underground

But let’s be real: this isn’t just routine road work...

• They claim this lane-narrowing trick will magically slow traffic and make the road safer. 
• We're calling BS.

We’ve seen this playbook before, around Muskegon and in cities across the country. 

• Shrink the travel lanes, 
• force everyone into fewer options, 

and suddenly you’re “calming” traffic by 

• creating backups, 
• aggressive merging, and 
• longer wait times at lights...