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COMMUNITY VISIONS AND IDEAS
ABOUT OCEAN PARK BLVD.
(west of Lincoln Blvd to Neilson
Way)
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I attended the first public
meeting about the greening and revamp of Ocean
Park Blvd. The city and the consultant
have done a very good job and the meeting was
extremely organized and productive, especially
in soliciting and gathering input from the
community.
Please note the the Ocean Park Association,
which is the official city Neighborhood
Association for the Ocean Park neighborhood has
a web page devoted to the OP Blvd project:
http://oceanpark.net/opa/content/committees/oceanpark_blvd
I'm sure I speak for most residents of Ocean
Park in hoping to see this project funded and
expedited.
Dennis Allard
23 year resident of Ocean Park
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It is difficult to cross Ocean Park Blvd.,
and the older I get the more difficult it
becomes to walk across even with the lights.
There should be more lights at more cross
streets for children, for seniors and for
pedestrians. And maybe more across Ocean Park
traffic with left and right turns.
Has anyone studied the bus
routes through the neighborhood. Are they still
where they need to be? Why does the No, 8 go up
the hill and over rather than through the
underpass? Are there developed models of the
traffic flow, residents leaving, staff, day
workers, gardeners, restaurant workers arriving?
Week day stop and go traffic on Lincoln and Main
and Neilson. Weekend tourists on Main.
Ocean Park Blvd. seems to be a
unconnected freeway which could better serve the
neighborhood, and offer parking as well. And
whatever the final project turns out to be,
drainage or transportation, it will disrupt a
large section of Ocean Park, and almost surely
take longer than one would ordinarily tolerate.
Kelyn Roberts
Third St. Resident
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Are there any plans to restore the mural at Ocean Park and Main?
Also, with regard to the "green street", please consider an alternate
configuration for the stop sign on the north side and just west of Third Street
and Ocean Park. Many vehicles pause at the stop sign and then cross all the way
over to the left hand turn lane to turn left on Second Street, crossing in front
of cars going west on Ocean Park. There is constant honking during rush hour
and many near collisions.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sandra Abrahams
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