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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...
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...
Temporary Closure of Flower Street for Pedestrians
by Kerri Ana Provost
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According to the CTfastrak “Construction Bulletin,” “The current pedestrian crossing on Flower Street Amtrak rail line will be completely closed from Monday, May 13, 2013 to Friday, June 14, 2013. ...
Asylum Hill Reacts to Planned Flower Street Closure
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Employees of the Connecticut Department of Transportation met with residents and stakeholders in Asylum Hill on Wednesday night, primarily to rehash the presentation given on Monday to the Frog Hollow...
City of Hartford Opposes Flower Street Closure — Partially
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In late July, a letter from the City of Hartford’s Deputy Corporation Counsel — on behalf of Mayor Segarra — was submitted to the Connecticut Department of Transportation petitioning “to...
Anticipated Permanent Closure of Flower Street Creates Controversy
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Critics of the New Britain-Hartford Busway, now called CTfastrak, have questioned the cost of the project, along with how much use it would get. Detractors may not be taking the...
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Flower Street: The UnPratt
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A decade ago then-mayor Pedro Segarra stopped fighting to keep a quieter north-south road open for pedestrians and cyclists, and the barricades went up in November 2013. At the time,...
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...
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...