Friday, December 2, 2011

UNWANTED: THE BIG PUDDLE BY THE FHP STATION

District 39 residents on the Transit Committee, which is part of the Participatory Budgeting Initiative,  have posted their top three choices for what City Councilmember Brad Lander should spend $1,000,000 of District 39's budget on.

The committee reports that "Fortunately, the project that was highest-ranked in importance at the community meetings--a remodeling of the often-flooded entrance ramp at Fort Hamilton Parkway Station--could come in under the $1 million mark if we use our capital funds judiciously."  

"Second-choice was a little more evenly distributed among the remaining options; it ultimately came down to funding more and improved bus shelters. Third place went to reopening a long-shuttered exit at the Bergen St. station on the F line."

The first committee to post a report was the Streets & Sidewalks Committee, and the second was the Public Safety, Public Health, and Sanitation Committee.