High Point Enterprise reports the High Point City Council votes 7-1 to reject the proposed North Main Street “road diet.”

Council found that a city-commissioned study of the idea didn’t adequately address how the project would impact roads surrounding N. Main Street and that the project would not “yield significant economic benefits to justify the expenditure of public tax dollars.”

Councilman Jay Wagner cast the lone opposing vote and had several heated exchanges with his colleagues. He said Thursday was the fourth time since May that council has made an exception to its normal procedures to take votes on items that weren’t on the agenda in advance of a meeting.

Council did so, he said, to dismantle revitalization efforts touted by The City Project and Ignite High Point. He said council is trying to kill revitalization proposals like the road diet before the end of its term Dec. 1.

Well that’s that, after all the debate and a $100k feasibility study.