Ch-ch-changes coming to Fourth Avenue
Fourth Avenue and 86th Street may be the hottest intersection in the city, with proposed changes coming from three different entities: The Department of Transportation (DOT), New York City Transit (TA) and the Fourth Avenue Task Force. And that has raised some concerns, with some local activists worried that the left hand may be making changes without taking into account what the right hand is doing.
Someone has got to stop the compartmentalizing, contended Community Board 10 member Allen Bortnick at the boards April meeting. They are not thinking, and they are going to create problems that are monumental, created blockages and backups.
They are definitely making plans that are overlapping, added Bob HuDock, chair of the boards Environmental Committee, as members debated a proposal to shift the location of bus stops put forth by the TA.