While glancing at today's paper, I saw a headline containing the four words most dreaded by any Glens Falls motorist, bicyclist or public transportation rider. road work to start.
A $7 million reconstruction project in the busiest part of downtown Glens Falls, which will include the building of a pedestrian-hostile* roundabout, is likely to start anywhere between January and April 2006.
(*-You have to wonder if pedestrians were even considered in the conception of the roundabout project. One mayoral candidate asked if the city had a Plan B if the roundabout didn't work. One of the project's designers said that he’s convinced the roundabout will improve traffic flow. The idea's impact on pedestrians wasn't even factored into the designer's response. His sole definition of success was improved AUTOMOBILE flow. The problem? In order for a motorist to become a consumer, he has to LEAVE his car, become a PEDESTRIAN and WALK to his preferred downtown establishment.)
The whole reconstruction project is scheduled to last two years which, given the city's recent history with public works projects, means that it will probably be concluded sometime in 2022.
1 comment:
i saw that, and what angered me also was that they used it as an excuse. by "improving downtown" they would be drawing in more people. but why would anyone want to go downtown if they get scared to cross the street because of the insanity?
on second thought, with the roundabout i bet the traffic will be so held up that pedestrians will have no problem crossing the street.
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