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The Mysterious Whitefish Point
Traffic Control Order

The March 7, 1996 Chippewa County Board of Commissioners regular meeting minutes reported, "A traffic control order for 'no parking' on either side of the road on Whitefish Pt. Road for .4 of mile South of the Whitefish Point lighthouse was given to the Board. After discussion it was MOVED by Chairman Holt SUPPORTED by Commissioner Badder that the Traffic Control order for 'no parking' on Whitefish Pt. Road for .4 of mile South of
of the Whitefish Pt. lighthouse be approved."
By 2003, the 1996 Traffic Control Order for Whitefish Point mysteriously disappeared with no apparent trace. The following Freedom of Information Act requests document the allusiveness of the Traffic Control Order...
Chippewa County Road Commission's written statement that no Traffic Control Order exists...
Michigan State Police are responsible for Traffic Control Orders. This Freedom of Information Act requests a copy of the Whitefish Point Traffic Control Order...

Michigan State Police Freedom of Information Act response for a copy of the Traffic Control Order - "The documents do exist within this department".
>>> next: Chippewa County denial of existence of Traffic Control Order
Note: a federal contract prohibits parking on the bike path along Whitefish Point Road


See also:

● Chippewa County Road Commission minutes on Whitefish Point parking

● A History of Whitefish Point Parking 

● 2007 correspondence with the Michigan Department of Transportation about parking problems & traffic hazards at Whitefish Point.

 

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