The Bike Lane needs to go. And regardless of what Mr. Ruthishauser says and our past VM, we had two lanes at that location which worked very well for the previous 40 years that I have lived in town.
Reader says The Bike Lane needs to go !
Tag: Garber/Wilsey Square
Ridgewood will allow changes to road repairs
Ridgewood will allow changes to road repairs
MAY 30, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2014, 1:21 AM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD — Officials say a street-improvement project that has upset some residents is likely to be revised to allow traffic lanes to be restored later if the plan doesn’t work.
Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld said at Wednesday night’s council meeting that proposed changes could be made to the $500,000 project based on “residents’ concerns, and some of our own internal brainstorming.”
She was among several Ridgewood officials who met on Tuesday night with residents of the neighborhood where the work, which should be completed in July, is taking place.
Shovels first hit dirt last week on the project, which officials maintain will improve safety for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians around Garber Square, as well as along Franklin Avenue and Broad Street.
But a number of residents said work to install bike lanes and an 8-foot-wide median sprinkled with trees and ornate lighting, which is swallowing up two traffic lanes, is already causing backups. They contend the project will only imperil bicyclists, with four lanes of traffic cut down to two.
“We will put traffic plates on certain roads to provide empirical data on traffic flows and speed,” Sonenfeld said, adding these would be installed on Heights Road, West Ridgewood Avenue, Franklin Avenue and Godwin Avenue.
Sonenfeld suggested that cameras be installed temporarily at Franklin Avenue and Garber Square, to film a week’s traffic for analysis.
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