Sunday, September 22, 2019
Champlain Parkway Hurtful Impacts on Key Pine Street King and Maple Intersections! Hearing 5:30 pm City Hall Thrus.
Sometimes you just cannot make these things up. First, the obsolete, harmful Champlain Parkway design installs signal with high speeds at Pine/Maple and Pine/King, then northbound traffic restricted left hand turns are banned so minutes of delay and idle global warming emissions continue! Attend speak out on this harm to the King/Maple Street low income neighborhood at the hearing on environmental justice impacts of the Parkway. Signals increase injuries to area residents compared to "best practice" roundabouts found by AARP Vermont's Pine Street Workshop to easily fit Pine Street intersections and handle all large trucks, buses, emergency equipment, etc. Thursday, City Hall, 5:30 for the hearing!
This Thursday Sept. 26, City Hall, Contois Aud, Champlain Parkway Meeting!
First time in 14 years (2006 last time) for single hearing focus on Champlain Parkway? Objective centers on minimizing impacts of hurtful Parkway design in terms of environmental justice on the King/Maple Street area (includes families and children at Flynn Co-op Housing!).
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Public Hearing on Champlain Parkway Thursday, Sept. 26, 5:30 pm, City Hall, Contois Auditorium
CHAMPLAIN
PARKWAY “ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE”
OUTREACH
MEETING
Thursday,
September 26, 2019, City Hall 5:30 p.m
The
Department of Public Works describes the meeting as a “Public
outreach meeting for Champlain Parkway CUSTOMER
SERVICE, DPW-PINECUSTOMERSERVICE@BURLINGTONVT.GOV,
DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS, BURLINGTON…information about the Champlain
Parkway project and is seeking input from the greater King Street and
Maple Street neighborhood...There will be an open house beginning at
5:30PM. Following that, starting at 6PM, will be a presentation
followed by public comments...For additional information, please
visit the project website: www.champlainparkway.com
“Do
it right the first time” is the position of the Pine Street
Coalition (PSC), our volunteer grassroots group committed to a new
street design to replace the outdated and hurtful project,
particularly the six additional injury-generating traffic signals. Our low income King/Maple neighborhood bears the brunt of negative
impacts. Those traffic signals waste gasoline, up global warming and
other pollutants, and cost more to maintain. Build safe pedestrian
sidewalk or safe bikeway! None in the Parkway design now. Stop the
dead ending Pine Street permanently disconnecting from Queen City
Park Road, remove six acres of asphalt better used for Englesby Brook
preservation and economic development. Install “best practice”
safe-for-all modes roundabouts (cut global warm emissions 23-29%) to
access City Market, Flynn at Parkway, and Pine Street intersections
including Maple and King, etc. Go “cheaper, greener, quicker and
safer.”
Pine
Street Coalition — Stop, Re-Design Champlain Parkway Sign the
Petition:
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/re-design-champlain-parkway-for-safety-climate
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