The Modesto City Council on Tuesday night approved a $14.6 million overhaul of Ninth Street that replaces stoplights with three roundabouts, adding bicycle and pedestrian upgrades in one of the city’s most-traveled corridors.
The plan calls for installing roundabouts at Ninth Street’s intersections with Carver Road, Coldwell Avenue, and Tully Road/Needham Street.
“We’re really excited about this project,” City Engineer Toby Wells said. “In essence, we’re reclaiming what was a state highway to a designed roadway that fits the City of Modesto.”…