Flynn Ave Neighborhood Residents, Business Owners, and Property Owners:
Flynn Avenue is a popular corridor frequented by residents, parishioners, employees, and commuters. We began working with the Flynn Avenue neighborhood in March 2019 to discuss options to improve this section of road – coordinating work with repaving this summer. Throughout that process, we've heard mixed opinions about the parking and bike lane configuration east of Pine Street.
Public Works values all road users and works hard to create an equitable, balanced transportation network. We also strive to include a wide range of voices and perspectives in all our decisions, especially from residents, business owners, and property owners that are directly impacted by local infrastructure changes.
Earlier this year, we proposed removing parking from the south side of Flynn Ave (east of Pine Street) to install an eastbound bike lane. However, given the initial public interest in improved bicycling facilities on both sides of Flynn Ave (as recommended in planBTV Walk Bike), we are expanding the scope of our evaluation. We need to hear from residents, business owners, and property owns who may be impacted – positively and negatively – by the proposed lane reconfiguration and by any on-street parking prohibition.
At this time, we are considering two options to address the community's interest in bike lanes that can be installed this summer with new pavement markings:
1. Retain parking on north side and add an eastbound bike lane (with shared lane markings westbound).
2. Remove parking on north and south sides to accommodate for both eastbound and westbound bike lanes.
We are also evaluating new mid-block crosswalks across Flynn Avenue between Pine and Shelburne Streets.
Staff are collecting data to understand the parking demands on Flynn Avenue and adjacent side streets to inform these options. At this point in the process, we have not spoken with the neighborhood about the concept of removing all on-street parking on Flynn Avenue east of Pine Street. We would like to hear from you. There are a number of ways to share your feedback:
• Please join us at a Neighborhood Meeting on June 5th at 6:00pm at the Department of Public Works located at 645 Pine Street. For anyone unable to attend, feedback received by noon on the 5th can be shared with the neighborhood at the meeting.
• Based on the feedback we receive, we plan to attend the June 19th Public Works Commission meeting to make a recommendation and seek a decision. The public will also have a chance to speak at that time. Public Works Commission meetings begin at 6:30pm and are held at the Department of Public Works, 645 Pine Street. Agendas are posted here in advance of the meetings: https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/DPW/Commission/Agendas. Public feedback received by noon on June 12th will be shared with the Commission in advance of the June 19th meeting. Feedback received after that time will be made available to Commissioners at the meeting.
• Direct feedback can be shared anytime with dpwplanning@burlingtonvt.gov or 863-9094 x3.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
The Public Works Planning Team: Nicole Losch, Elizabeth Gohringer, and Kim Furtado
dpwplanning@burlingtonvt.gov
863-9094 x3
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