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As we have been discussing, the Department of Transportation implemented one-way traffic on a portion of Kent Avenue, between Clymer and Broadway (download the plan from the DOT website). Since Kent Avenue was a major southbound thoroughfare, many trucks, cars, and construction vehicles have rerouted one block east to Wythe Avenue. The DOT, in its objectives for the restructuring of Kent Avenue, planned to install “new guide signs to inform truckers and other motorists of preferred routes: Greenpoint Avenue, McGuinness Boulevard, and Meeker Ave./BQE.” Currently, there is a sign on Kent Avenue, north of Broadway where traffic still runs two ways, reminding vehicles to turn left on Broadway, but no other signage telling drivers to continue on any recommended route. As when the DOT proposed these changes, some residents are concerned for public safety. One reader wrote to us saying, “it will probably take a major accident, hit-and-run, or other tragedy to get the DOT to consider policing the change in traffic pattern and to direct trucks to the correct route.” Hopefully it will not be so extreme, and the DOT can find an effective method for managing the southbound traffic. GMAP
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The Kent Avenue Conundrum [Brownstoner]
Boiling Point for Kent Avenue Bike Lane [Brownstoner]