"It's a little disheartening that the business community and some of their players are trying to - no pun intended - roadblock this project," Brooklyn Community Board 7 Chair Julio Peña told Streetsblog. "Third Avenue - everyone can agree - is unsafe, and we need some radical changes to make it safer for everyone."
DOT earlier this year floated a redesign of the hellish road between Prospect Avenue and 62nd Street. One of the options for the redesign would include repurposing one of traffic lane in each direction on the six-lane road to install a parking-protected bike lane and painted pedestrian islands to narrow crossing distances for pedestrians.
Despite that support, agency officials recently told Peña they planned to do more outreach through the end of 2024 after groups, including the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and the Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation, raised concerns.
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