Can a One-Lane Road Carry Two Directions of Traffic Safely? Real Evidence Says No.

McIntyre Road is 11 feet wide.
A full-size pickup truck is roughly 7 feet wide.
A school bus is 8.5 feet wide.
A trailer can easily exceed 8 feet.

Now imagine two of those vehicles meeting each other at 55 miles per hour on a road with no shoulders, no visibility over the hills, and just seconds to react — if you’re lucky.

This road was never designed for two-way traffic.
It’s not an opinion. It’s simple math.
And yet, day after day, McIntyre Road is treated like a functioning two-lane route instead of the one-lane hazard it really is.

Residents have been forced into ditches.
School buses have been pushed into embankments.
Tow trucks have had to reverse entire stretches just to let another vehicle pass.
Cyclists and runners have to leap into the grass to survive.
And now a car has flipped — exactly the kind of disaster we’ve all been warning about.

One lane, two way, no excuse.

The danger isn’t abstract.
It’s not theoretical.
It’s not “one day it might happen.”

It’s happening already.
And it will keep happening until leadership steps in.

McIntyre Road is a gamble every single time someone drives it.
And a gamble is not a transportation plan.
It’s negligence — plain and simple.

We’re asking Milan Township’s Trustees a direct, unavoidable question:

How many more close calls, wrecks, and near-misses will it take before you act?

This community deserves more than excuses.
Our children deserve more than blind hills and 55-mph cross traffic.
And our township deserves leaders who protect us — not leaders who wait for the next tragedy to justify change.

Safety over shortcuts.
Stop the dangers of McIntyre.
Make McIntyre safe — before someone pays the price.