By a 6-3 vote, the High Point City Council approved the Main Street diet study, coming in at a cost of $113k.

Note the HPE lede:

Though they made it clear they aren’t wild about the idea, City Council members gave final approval Monday to have a consulting firm undertake a “street diet” traffic study for a portion of N. Main Street between Parkway and Lexington avenues.

Big part of the problems local governments face these days –councils and commissioners spending money on ideas they’re not wild about.