Residents take final look at plans to improve Tucker walkability, safety

Tucker residents surveyed the findings from the Revive L review and the Tucker Connects Transportation and Trails Master Plan at Tucker City Hall on Oct Photo by Stephanie Toone Residents reviewed a laundry list of improvements to lighting bike lanes sidewalks and more planned for chosen of Tucker s major thoroughfares during an Oct meeting at Tucker City Hall More than residents and city executives gathered for the final residents information meeting on the Tucker Connects Transportation and Trails Master Plan which offers proposals and a prioritized list of projects for the major intersections of Hugh Howell Road Lavista Road and several neighborhoods throughout the city The meeting also included a review of findings from the Revive L Lawrenceville Highway Access Management and Beautification Research The beautification plan includes projected enhancements along Lawrenceville Highway like landscaping and improvements to driveway aprons near the intersection of Brockett and Hugh Howell roads and multiple sideway ramp and leveling improvements near Idlewood and Brockett roads The Idlewood updates were of particular concern to Kevin Melvin a cyclist who has called Tucker home since the late s He s experienced a number of flat tires as effect of debris in the bike lanes The unkempt bike lanes lead to more cyclists riding in car lanes he commented Melvin mentioned he joined Tuesday s meeting to ensure improvements for cyclists and Tucker s primary downtown vein were planned I would like to see them shut down Main Street permanently Melvin revealed It would be nice to have that all walking and cycling only since they shut it down so often on the weekend anyway Make it a better safer place for everybody Safety was also at the forefront for Adam Manchester who runs the social media page Tucker by Bike The statistics shared about bicycle crashes in Tucker proves the need for Tucker Connects and L Manchester announced I ve seen so a multitude of people getting hit and seeing the numbers bicycle crashes that s a lot he mentioned It s been a long hard road to get here but I m really looking forward to a lot of this stuff being done to have more walkable experiences vibrancy for younger families Details from the Tucker Connects masses survey Courtesy of Pond More than respondents chimed in on the dozens of operational sidewalk and threshold projects suggested for Tucker transportation and trails declared Kat Onore planning operations director for Pond the engineering and architecture firm behind the plan Traffic congestion was the leading issue for respondents with overall safety coming in second and walking and biking improvements ranking third They want trails They want sidewalks They want it to be safer Onore announced Our next step is really to take the feedback and start sorting them into short medium and long term plans We ll essentially take as a large number of of the highest scoring projects as we can within how much money is available for the first phase of projects which is about five years out The full draft of both plans will be presented online in November and the council will vote on the plans in coming months Onore noted Related stories Tucker mayor issues warning after latest business break-ins Tucker City Council extends open-container entertainment district to town green With Revive L and Tucker Connects the area has the chance to offer feedback and see the economic benefits of the anticipated changes stated District s council member Alexis Weaver The L plan will also provide the city with continuity with the planned changes to Lawrenceville Highway proposed throughout all of the city s districts I think it s really good in that it gives us a prioritizing mechanism and particular criteria Weaver revealed Tuesday So when we re having to make hard decisions we can say hey there s like an economic matter to make but there s also a situation for those who want more activity and quality of life This is also going to help us complete our projects faster Review the Tucker Connects plan here Take a look at the projects proposed for Revive L here The post Residents take final look at plans to improve Tucker walkability safety appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta