HomeMy WebLinkAbout8/15/2017 Item 16, McLean
Christian, Kevin
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Subject:City Council meeting 8/15/17-Item #16 Broad St. Bike Blvd.
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Mayor & Council Members,
Please consider the many negatives of the three proposed plans on the Northern
neighborhoods. They will create more problems than they will solve in terms of traffic congestion,
safety response time for fire/police/ambulance and lack of parking for neighbors on Broad and
Chorro. The proposed plans will create unintended traffic/parking spillover on cross streets
(Ramona, Serrano Meineke, Murray, West, Venable, Center, Mountain View, Lincoln) and side
routes such as Almond and the long segment of Lincoln. All of this for an area where bikes and
vehicles do not have significant problems at the present time. Have there been accidents with
injuries or fatalities?
My suggestion is to work with Cal Trans and close the entrance and exit at Broad St. at Highway
101. This will have the effect of immediate reduction and calming of vehicle traffic on Broad St. As for
Chorro St. some speed bumps would slow traffic there. After the infill projects of 22 Chorro and 71
Palomar are completed and the Latter Day Saints Church has finalized negotiations with the City for a
segment of the Safe Routes to School bike path (either a neighborhood park and path or just the
20'segment for a path) between Ramona and Foothill, the missing information will lead to more
informed and thorough plans. My understanding is that final decision is to be made in Salt Lake City
and is at least a year away. As it stands right now all of the impacts of these projects are missing.
All three of the proposed plans will cause significant adverse effects in the North Broad
neighborhoods.
Thank you for your consideration..
Cheryl McLean
Anholm
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