Work is about to get underway on the Department of Transportation's (DOT) redesign project of Queens Boulevard, from Forest Hills to Kew Gardens.
Before the project kicked off, the DOT decided to have a workshop to get input and the opinions of the general public.
About 100 people attended the workshop. The larger group was broken up into smaller ones, allowing people to freely voice their concerns and make suggestions for improvement.
At the heart of the city's redesign project is a concern for safety. According to Al Silvestri, the deputy commissioner for the Queens DOT, 214 people were involved in an accident in 2017. Silvestri noted that the number was an all-time low, but was still high enough to be of concern.
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One of the biggest concerns expressed by those who attended the meeting was that the redesign project eliminated parking in certain areas. The addition of a bike lane will take away parking along a one-mile section. People in attendance asked the commissioner of the DOT to visit businesses in areas that have already been affected by the redesign to ask them if they experienced a drop in business after the bike lane was added.
Although business owners were concerned about the bike lanes, others in attendance believed that adding a protected bike lane was a must.
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