Residents of Canterbury Street are pushing the city of Adrian to consider closing their street at its intersection at Stratford Avenue in an attempt to reduce traffic and alleviate the anticipated impact of Adrian College’s new sports dome on their neighborhood.

Canterbury Street resident Sue Allshouse told the city commission on July 15 that volunteers spent several days canvassing the neighborhood to gather their opinions, and found that 87% favored the idea of closing one end of the road to prevent it from being used as a through street.

She thanked city commissioners Bob Behnke and Gordon Gauss for their responsiveness to concerns, but expressed frustration with the overall pace of getting answers from the city.

City administrator Greg Elliott said the city is also gathering information about alternate traffic calming measures that could be implemented.