Reconnect Rochester has alerted us to an important informational meeting tonight about the Inner Loop’s future (or lack thereof). As we wait to find out whether or not this project will be a recipient of a USDOT TIGER grant, the City is moving forward with plans to scale down a large portion the underutilized 12-lane highway. Ultimately that will mean greater connectivity between downtown and the neighborhoods to the east, and lower road maintenance costs in the long run. If there was ever a big road project to support, this is it.
Read what Reconnect Rochester has to say about the project and attend the meeting tonight to learn more… 6-8pm on the third floor of City Hall
.
Tags: Anderson Park, City of Rochester, East Avenue, Inner Loop, Inner Loop East Reconstruction Project, Main Street, Reconnect Rochester, Rochester, Rochester NY, Union Street, USDOT TIGER grant
This entry was posted
on Wednesday, August 28th, 2013 at 8:10 am and is filed under Events, Opinion, Rochester News, Transit + Infrastructure, Urban Development.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
This is a big improvement from the prior plans, but I see a couple issues. First, I agree with RR that the second roundabout is unnecessary. I’d go one further and say that Union should be kept straight to Main St. University should also be straightened and a triangular park, ala 12 Corners should be at this spot. Further, why build such a great complete street on Union, but then two blocks away leave a decidedly-pedestrian-unfriendly slip-lane back onto the highway? Get rid of it from Chestnut to the on ramp. It is a minor issue for drivers to make the right turn at the light. Thinking way outside of the box, I’d love to see the southern traffic circle gone as well, replaced by a block structure on top of the current parking lot of Strong and a perfectly straight Union St. Traffic circles are also problematic for pedestrians, as drivers usually fail to yield on them appropriately.