Chinatown and Downtown Brooklyn in for a traffic nightmare - CB3 Traffic Engineer has determined

Community Board 3 will hold its penultimate
Chatham Square Task Force meeting

Thomas Yu, committee Chair
thomas_yu@aafe.org for questions

on Feb. 18th 6:15pm Confucius Plaza meeting room (entrance on Bowery)

PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND
Areas affected by this construction taking place over the next 5 years:
Entire Chinatown area
Two Bridges communities
Lower East Side
Southbridge
Tribeca
SoHo
Flatbush Brooklyn
DUMBO Brooklyn


At the next Chatham Square Task Force meeting Brian Ketcham, CB3's traffic Engineer will elaborate on his findings based on his research of D.O.T's proposed plans to :
begin construction at Chatham Square , under ground utility work in preparation for Chatham Square's total reconstruction
refurbishment of The Brooklyn Bridge and adjacent roadways
roadwork on Tillary St. , Brooklyn (immediately on the other side of manhattan Bridge)
roadwork on Flatbush Ave. Brooklyn (also immediately on other side of manhattan bridge)

an excerpt from Brian's memo :
"The City must return to the drawing board, prepare a proper micro-assignment traffic model that will make a convincing case for diversions, and provide backup that otherwise does not exist. This can be done quickly. The models exist from other projects. And the work can be completed before the Brooklyn Bridge reconstruction gets underway. The analysis must take into account that, for much of the programmed reconstruction schedule, Chatham Square will not really be available as a diversion route and that alternative routes must be found to accommodate this traffic."
Brian Ketcham - Traffic Engineer, CB3

Jan Lee
CCRC
Chatham Square Task Force CB3 public member
CB3 OUTREACH COMMITTEE Public member