‘You've got to get out and walk!’

From "New Downtown Pocket Park!"

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The most important aspect of the drawing/phase one proposal to me is the change of direction of traffic coming up Broadway, towards our beautiful City Hall.

I confess to being somewhat reluctant to just changing the flow of traffic as I'd like to see ALL of Lower Broadway transformed into a walking space with delivery vehicles/trash removal only allowed at certain hours and/or certain days.

I think that means I'm advocating for a small rotary at the junction of Bath, Union, Chestnut and Broadway and making Chestnut a two-way street.

I've attached what I found to be a very interesting point paper of sorts that sort of incited me to walk that entire area, in the downpour, twice today to better experience what we have at street level, when we open our minds and our eyes. I hope it sets you alight as well.

Thanks for the opportunity to comment.

Bill Kenny

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Last update: September 13, 2023

Thanks Bill - always appreciate your thoughts, but we led you astray on the traffic flow point. The vehicles depicted are not intended to suggest reversed traffic, they are food trucks on notional weekend/festival day where the road would be closed and they could position that way. Still, road closure of Lower Broadway, even if just temporarily on a weekend or for an event. The parking garage access on Broadway poses an obstacle to doing that in any permanent form. Thanks for the Downtown is for People study, have skimmed it and will read in more detail. Can also inform our Lower Broadway and Jubilee Park efforts nearby (we just met again yesterday with Yale Urban Design Workshop re: Jubilee and are closing in on a design plan there). Be well, kb

Kevin, NCDCPosted on September 13, 2023

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Profile of Kevin Brown

Posted by:Kevin Brown

3 years ago

As a follow up, as it relates to traffic flow and overal mobility in and around the downtown, see this recently published tile and the associated survey and public comment effort tied to it: https://envisionnorwich360.com/en/projects/chelsea-harbor-downtown-norwich-1

Profile of William Kenny

Posted by:William Kenny

3 years ago

I need so little to be led astray, ;-) The study I attached earlier really fired me up in terms of enthusiasm, though probably not in intelligence, and I hope someone with talent and ability finds it helpful to move us forward.

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Profile of William KennyWilliam Kenny on September 11, 2023

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Downtown_Is_for_People_The_street_level (2).pdf