DOT’s grand safety plan for 4th Avenue comes to Bay Ridge
After months of speculation, the Department of Transportation (DOT) will unveil its plan to revamp a 36-block-long section of Fourth Avenue when officials present a detailed proposal to Bay Ridge residents at a town hall next week.
Local residents will be asked for their feedback to DOT’s plan at the meeting, set to take place on Wednesday, June 5, at Saint Anselm Church Auditorium, 365 83rd St., at 7:15 p.m.
The goal of the plan is to increase safety for both pedestrians and drivers navigating Fourth Avenue, officials said. Brian Kieran, chairman of Community Board 10’s Traffic and Transportation Committee, said safety measures are needed. “In Bay Ridge, there have been five pedestrian fatalities since 2006 along the avenue,” he told colleagues at the community board’s May 20 meeting. “It is well known that there is a problem with drivers speeding along the avenue,” he said.