REMARKS
Implementation of the Streets Plan and concerns about meeting mandated goals
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Council Member Brooks-Powers expresses concerns about the implementation of the Streets Plan and the Department of Transportation's progress in meeting mandated goals for street safety improvements.
- Local Law 195 of 2019 mandates the expansion of biking, bus, and pedestrian safety infrastructure.
- The council member notes that DOT has not met the mandated benchmarks as evidenced in the 2024 update.
- Questions are raised about the city's accomplishments in 2024, how to ensure mandated benchmarks are achieved, and funding allocation for the second phase of the Streets Plan.
Selvena Brooks-Powers
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In addition to ensuring good state of repair for the city's infrastructure, we also wanna ensure our city streets and roads are safe.
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It is important that it is more important than ever that the city fulfills the legal mandate of the streets plan.
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Local law 195 of 2019 was passed in October 2019 by the council to expand the city's biking, bus, and pedestrian safety infrastructure.
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But as we have seen since then, the department has not evident in the 2024 update and in the committee's past hearing on the streets plan.
0:07:24
I wanna better understand what the city has accomplished in 2024, how we can ensure that the mandated benchmarks are actually achieved, and what funding has been allocated to the 2nd phase of the street's plan to ensure its success.