Environmental Review Process Starts for Colorado Blvd. Bike Lanes
An EIR Scoping meeting will be held locally on July 18, 2012 from 6 PM to 8 PM at the Los Angeles River Center & Gardens, California Building, 570 West Avenue 26 Los Angeles, CA 90065
Eagle Rock, CA July 10, 2012 -
As part of a regional bike lane planning process, the City of Los Angeles is exploring whether to install bicycle lanes along Colorado Boulevard, similar to those that exist on Eagle Rock Boulevard south of Westdale Avenue, and on York Boulevard. The TERA-led Take Back the Boulevard effort supports this study.
A final decision will not be made and bike lanes will not be installed until the City completes an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to analyze all the potential impacts of the bike lanes. The City has begun the formal EIR process, and seeks community input about potential impacts the EIR should study. Comments must be submitted to the Planning Department by July 30, 2012.
If you have ideas and thoughts about the proposed addition of bike lanes to Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock, the time to get involved and start to speak out is now.
This initial public process includes gathering input from the public regarding what areas or questions will be studied. For example, you might want to know if bike lanes are likely to increase traffic congestion and, if so, on what stretches of Colorado and at what times of day. Some have expressed concerns that traffic might be diverted to Yosemite Avenue or Hill Drive, or that on-street parking might be affected. At this stage, the focus is not whether you support or oppose bike lanes, but what should be studied.
An EIR Scoping meeting will be held locally on July 18, 2012 from 6 PM to 8 PM at the Los Angeles River Center & Gardens, California Building, 570 West Avenue 26 Los Angeles, CA 90065
The formal notice about the EIR is available on-line at ENV-2012-1470-eir.pdf. Send your comments to:
David Somers, Department of City Planning, 200 N. Spring Street, Room 667, Los Angeles, CA, 90012 or e-mail him at David.Somers@lacity.org.
Please cc the boulevardsentinel@gmail.com with your messages to Mr. Somers.
