Recent traffic studies show no significant increase in volume of traffic in the MBRA area. The findings were quantified in handouts provided by staff at the last MBRA meeting. In fact, traffic is considerably reduced from the decade of the nineties. I also indicated that further traffic calming methods are being looked at on Moss Avenue east of MacArthur.
The EPA settlement which will be expensive for our taxpayers may be a boon to the Heritage Neighborhoods, as we do sustainable green projects, providing uplift to the neighborhoods.
All major road reconstruction on my watch has incorporated these features, and the Main and University Street intersection is a template for further citywide work, with its rain gardens, which effectively prevent the kind of runoff the EPA wants us to combat.
Washington School will soon be shown to prospective buyers. I will keep you posted.
A more comprehensive, systematic citywide snow removal strategy was outlined by Director Rogers at the last MBRA meeting, which involves better equipment to remove the snow slush from sidewalks following a storm (which often freezes hard as a rock and is beyond the capacity of any homeowner to remove without specialized equipment).
Shotspotter is being expanded to an additional three square miles. It has promoted citizen and officer safety and netted more arrests and removal of guns from our streets.
We will continue to look at the erection of more ornamental stop sign poles and four-way stops in the MBRA area.
I hope all of you enjoy the weeks leading into Spring. We are blessed to live in a neighborhood and District second to none.
Best, Chuck