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Consultant lays out $4–4.5 million downtown streetscape master plan for Hamlet
Summary
A Withers & Ravenel landscape architect presented a downtown streetscape master plan that prioritizes ADA-accessible sidewalks, angled parking where feasible, pedestrian bump-outs and street trees; the firm estimated construction-level costs at roughly $4–4.5 million and suggested phased implementation and grant funding options.
John Blasco, a landscape architect and senior project manager with Withers & Ravenel, presented a master-plan vision for Hamlet’s Main Street corridor and one block of Hamlet Avenue, saying the work aims to make downtown more pedestrian-friendly, safer and ADA‑accessible.
Blasco described a two-tiered approach: in the older, historic southern block the plan raises sidewalk elevations to match storefront entrances and creates a wide walking zone and seating area, while farther north the design allows for angled parking, intersection bump-outs and street trees. “What we have here is a lot of angled…
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