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Residents press city to slow traffic on Floral Avenue; IURA hearing hears petition and engineering proposal
Summary
Residents urged Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency to fund raised crosswalks and speed reductions on Floral Avenue, citing crashes, near-misses and petitions. City staff proposed raising three crosswalks to slow traffic and improve connections to the waterfront trail; estimated construction about $90,000 plus community engagement.
Residents and city staff on Thursday foregrounded safety on Floral Avenue during the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency’s first public hearing on proposed 2026 HUD-funded projects.
At the hearing, multiple neighborhood residents described repeated dangerous incidents on Floral Avenue, including a near-fatal bike collision. Siobhan Hull, the city’s sustainability planner, proposed raising three existing crosswalks along Floral Avenue and a small community-engagement study to measure effectiveness. Hull said the measure would physically slow traffic at key crossing points and help people walking and biking reach the waterfront trail and nearby West Hill neighborhood.
Why it matters: County crash-data and local petitioning prompted the effort.…
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