At the meeting of Community Board 1 last week, residents of North 11th Street in Williamsburg raised their hackles over the parade of truck traffic that has marched down their street ever since a portion of Kent Avenue became northbound-only as part of the Kent Avenue Improvement Plan. David Wolloch, from the Department of Transportation, said: “We’re not going to be trying to divert more trucks to North 11th Street. We’re going to monitor the truck traffic on North 11th, open signal studies, and route more trucks directly to North 14th.We have not been doing what we should have been doing for decades.” The DOT also hopes to divert traffic to Greenpoint, McGuiness, and Meeker avenues, but, as feared, trucks are currently taking routes through residential streets. While many residents don’t oppose bike lanes (a major part of the improvement plan), they did express frustration at their exclusion from the planning process. I’ve been screaming for one and a half years that they were not going to the community and now everyone is suffering, CB1 member Simon Weiser told YourNabe.com.
Truck Troubles on North 11th Street [YourNabe.com]
Truck Troubles on North 11th Street [Brooklyn 11211]
Kent Traffic Shifts to Wythe [Brownstoner]
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