A Canal Street redesign is being delayed after complaints from car-focused opponents of a safety plan. The Department of Transportation planned to expand overflowing sidewalks and install a new two-way crosstown bike lane during the summer, but officials are extending the timeline to consider a large amount of feedback. Community Board 3 plans to push back its advisory vote, and the district manager said the June vote schedule is no longer expected. A DOT spokesman said the delay will be short and that comprehensive safety upgrades remain planned for 2026. The redesign would add pedestrian space through “Super Sidewalks,” convert the Grand Street bike lane to two-way, and remove rush hour traffic lanes while relocating commercial loading.
"The Department of Transportation was supposed to start expanding the corridor's overflowing sidewalks and install a new two-way crosstown bike lane in the area this summer. But officials are now "extending" that timeline to take in a "vast amount of feedback," according to the head of Community Board 3, who said the civic panel would also push back its advisory vote on the plan."
""The Canal Street redesign was originally scheduled for a [community board] vote in June, however, DOT is taking time to consider the vast amount of feedback and will be extending the timeline," CB 3 District Manager Susan Stetzer told the full board at its meeting on Tuesday."
""We remain committed to comprehensive safety upgrades for Canal Street in 2026," Barone said. "We've asked boards for slightly more time to return with presentations because we've heard important feedback that we want to incorporate into our designs before we start installation this year.""
"DOT planned to redesign Canal between the Manhattan Bridge opening at the Bowery and the Hudson River at West Street [ PDF], adding more pedestrian space along the clogged sidewalks east of Broadway and turning the the current eastbound bike lane on Grand Street two-way, closing a major crosstown gap in the Lower Manhattan bike network, as Streetsblog reported in September."
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