Roundabout reaction

GREEN BAY - Many businesses on Military Avenue still like the idea of signals at six intersections, not roundabouts. But some business owners and people in the area are trying to stay open-minded about the options.

Some business owners on Military Avenue are coming around to the idea of roundabouts. But Monday night, one Military Avenue restaurant was packed with people totally opposed to roundabouts.

One Brown County supervisor is organizing an effort to sue the city based on the Americans with Disabilities Act.

"The ball is starting to roll. The City of Green Bay has shown that they want to play politics and play games. And we're not going to play games. We're gonna move this straight ahead," said Brown County Supervisor Pat Evans.

The restaurant hosting a meeting about roundabouts was so crowded, people lined up just to get in. The majority of these people are opposed to roundabouts on Military Avenue. Some expressed concerns about emergency vehicles being able to deal with roundabouts, others have concerns for pedestrians.

"My thoughts are against the roundabouts. We don't need any," said Leonie Flock of Green Bay.

Ruth Feldhaus tells FOX 11, "I'm comfortable with it inasmuch as I know how to do roundabouts, but I think it's a really dumb idea because Military Avenue already works."

Many signed a petition against roundabouts, saying they would help overturn the roundabout decision made by the Green Bay city council.

However, the Military Avenue Business Association also opposes roundabouts, but is willing to compromise by having roundabouts on Military Avenue, but using traffic signals at Mason Street and Shawano Avenue.

"This is a plan that we think benefits the residents better, it gets major intersections for traffic moving through, signalized benefits the businesses better and hopefully it's the compromise that everybody can kind of work towards," said Bryan Boettcher, president of the Military Avenue Business Association.

As far as the federal lawsuit goes, Brown County supervisor Pat Evans hopes to have that paperwork in order by the end of March.