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Hartford committee removes requirement to bury overhead utilities from Complete Streets amendment
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A Hartford City Council committee unanimously amended a proposed Complete Streets ordinance to remove a line calling for elimination of overhead utility lines, then voted to send the amended measure with a favorable recommendation to the full council.
A Hartford City Council committee voted unanimously to amend a proposed Complete Streets ordinance by striking language that would have called for eliminating overhead utility lines, then sent the amended measure to the full council with a favorable recommendation.
The change removes the clause at the end of Section 31-301(c)(3)(i) that would have directed actions “by eliminating overhead utility lines,” Councilman Gayle said while explaining the amendment. Gayle framed the ordinance as aspirational, saying the city’s Complete Streets policy directs city departments to consider pedestrian safety, bicycle use and “other ways of greening up or softening” streets when…
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