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Downtown York business owners and residents raise safety, access concerns over new concrete barriers on George Street
Summary
Several downtown business owners and residents told York City Council during public comment that recently placed concrete barricades on George Street interfere with traffic flow, loading zones and accessibility and that the city provided insufficient notice or traffic study.
Business owners and residents told the York City Council on May 6 that concrete barriers recently installed on George Street to create outdoor dining space have created safety, access and messaging problems for downtown businesses and people with disabilities.
Plant Box Co. co-owner Berna Williams Jones and her husband, Matthew (Matt) Jones, who also owns Plantbox Go, described practical and reputational concerns. Jones said he analyzed likely hours of use and estimated the curbside dining area would be occupied only a small fraction of the year and that the revenue gain for restaurants was modest. "If you do that, that works out to 900 divided by 1.5, which is only 600 table tickets a year per restaurant…so that reduces down to 300 table tickets on…
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