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Another Fail in Flower Street Mitigation Efforts
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Planters remain wrapped in plastic months after being dropped off along a pathway that runs east-west from Flower Street to Broad Street, under the I-84 viaduct. Vegetation, arranged haphazardly, peeking...
DOT Mitigation for Closure of Flower Street: Ain’t Nothing New Under the Sun
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Fighting with the Connecticut Department of Transportation to lock down safe and reasonable pedestrian and cyclist access is a long process, so it’s unsurprising that those attending the latest round...
Grid, Interrupted: Budding Flower Street
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It is a dumping ground for snow or a makeshift parking lot on parade days, now that the barricades have rendered Flower Street a nothing of a place, a glorified driveway for...
How Flower Street’s Closure Helps Transit Oriented Development
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Ken Krayeske, a Hartford cyclist and lawyer, posed a question at Bike Walk Connecticut’s fundraiser dinner: How does the permanent closure of Flower Street to pedestrian and cyclist traffic enhance...
DOT on Flower Street: Permanent Closure, Tentative Plans
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Flower Street fans, be sure to savor the next few days of safe passage. The Connecticut DOT informed their update email list that they intended to ignore and violate a...
Access Restored to Flower Street
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Pedestrian and cyclist access has been restored on Flower Street, connecting Farmington Avenue and Capitol Avenue.
Flower Street Re-Opening?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The pedestrian/cyclist access of Flower Street is supposed to resume tomorrow, after a temporary closure for construction. In the time since vehicles have lost access on that street, the Dunkin...
New Verdict for Flower Street
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This afternoon, Judith Almeida, a staff attorney at the Connecticut Department of Transportation, ruled that unless a grade separated pedestrian/cyclist bridge is constructed over the crossing, the Connecticut DOT may...
Constituents Sold Out in “Agreement” on Flower Street
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Following the latest hearing at the Connecticut Department of Transportation, one community member asked, “How much does Hartford’s Deputy Corporation Counsel Van Norden get paid to do nothing more than...
Flower Street: The UnPratt