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Harrisburg posts four Division Street design concepts; city asks public to take online survey
Summary
An engineering consultant presented four concept boards for redesigning Division Street to address speeding, parking violations and pedestrian and bicycle safety; the city is soliciting public input via a survey on its website to select a preferred alternative and then seek funding.
A representative from engineering firm Wallace Montgomery told city officials that the firm developed four concept boards for Division Street and the city has posted a survey on its website to gather resident input.
"Wallace Montgomery works for the city of Harrisburg. We're an engineering planning, service company. And, the city tasked us with coming up with different ideas for Division Street to address some of the public's concerns regarding traffic speeds, parking violations, ped, bike safety," the Wallace Montgomery representative said.
The consultant said each board presents a different concept and that elements from the boards can be mixed to form a preferred alternative. "So every board is a different concept, and we're just asking that anyone that use these boards to to take our survey. It's it's currently on the city's website, and each 1 of these options is just a possibility. We can we can easily mix and match, and that's that's kind of the input that we're looking for," the representative said.
The presentation noted Division Street appears on the city's "high injury network," a term the speaker used to describe corridors where crashes are occurring. The consultant also cited reuse and economic-development opportunities tied to the now-closed William Penn School property and said improvements to nearby streets such as Second, Third and Seventh streets have changed traffic patterns, likely increasing turning movements and overall traffic on Division Street.
"Using it appropriately is is ideal," the representative added, noting Division Street's width provides space to consider redesign options.
City staff and the consultant said public responses to the survey will help the city identify a preferred alternative, which officials said they intend to use to pursue funding and eventual construction. No specific timeline, funding sources or schedule for public hearings were provided during the remarks.
