Road diet comes complete with mood swings

By John LaConte

AVON — The aspen leaves that have been painted on West Beaver Creek Boulevard are not meant to be permanent, and neither are the planters sitting there. Like any diet, the East and West Beaver Creek Boulevard road diet has come with some mood swings. The new traffic pattern — which uses heavy paint to delineate what could later become permanent landscaping — has been in the test phase for nearly three weeks, and will continue to be tested during the next couple of months.Town engineer Justin Hildreth says the comments haven’t been all bad.“It’s definitely slowed people down,” he …

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