Community Board Six rejects DOT plan to redesign 4th Avenue
Citing concerns over the impact proposed changes would have on their neighborhood, members of Community Board Six rejected a Department of Transportation (DOT) plan to redesign Fourth Avenue in Park Slope.
At its meeting on June 12, Board Six voted 18-9 with five abstentions to say “no thanks” to the DOT proposal to reduce traffic lanes and implement other measures in an effort to increase pedestrian and vehicular safety on the section of Fourth Avenue that falls under the board’s jurisdiction – between Pacific and 15th Streets.
DOT is looking at the entire length of Fourth Avenue – from downtown Brooklyn to Bay Ridge – and has introduced a series of proposed changes in each community board area. The community boards are taking up the proposals separately with each considering the issues its in own backyard.