Description

Keep the extra lane closed to car traffic. The lane has been closed for construction on the courthouse. There is little need to turn it back into a lane of traffic. Traffic patterns and drivers have adjusted to the closure. Four lanes of ink-directional traffic at an urban intersection is excessive. Curbed parallel parking spaces and a larger sidewalk at the corner of Elm and Church and Elm and Temple would calm traffic, help pedestrians, and make a more welcoming urban streetscape facing the Green.