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Residents and downtown users urge council to reject Polk Street abandonment, cite lost access to downtown
Summary
Community groups and dozens of callers told council abandoning a Polk Street segment would sever a key East End link to downtown, complicate bus and bike access and increase travel times; speakers asked council to demand fuller cost and access analyses from Houston First.
Residents and business representatives told City Council on June 10 that a proposed abandonment of Polk Street between Chartres and Avenida de las Americas would eliminate a vital East End connection to downtown and worsen travel and safety for transit users and bicyclists.
Speakers and an organized reading of 228 public comments argued Polk is one of only a few direct two-way routes from the East End into downtown and the only protected bike lane connecting those neighborhoods. “Polk Street is really the only direct path…
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