Letter to the Editor: It's Not the First Time The City Has Has Gotten it Wrong

Dear Editor:

In reference to the plans for the , this isn't the first time recently that the City has constructed a project that didn't meet its own requirements.

Last year, the new Stargell Avenue Intersection project was built near the Webster Tube. The plans that were drawn up and approved were unclear and, as a result, the project was built with flaws for pedestrians and bicyclists. It didn't meet the City's own guidelines.

As a result of lots of advocacy, the bike lanes were widened, the sidewalks were widened and barriers in the middle of the sidewalk were removed. And there was also a promise to change procedures so this wouldn't happen again.

With the advisory bodies that we have to review street projects — City Council, Planning Board, Transportation Commission, why do we get projects that are below standards or where the construction is different from the plans?

It appears that the procedures that were supposed to change after the Stargell project either didn't get changed or didn't get followed.

Sincerely,
Lucy Gigli