we won and the city is keeping all six lanes on hampton blvd. im honestly so relieved that our streets arent going to be gridlocked and i cant thank you enough for sticking with this. keep an eye on things just in case but for now we definitely got the …
March 14, 2019
Final supporters
According to the Virginian Pilot, "After a serious accident this spring resurfaced safety concerns for those who live along Hampton Boulevard, one of the city's major thoroughfares may be getting a safety makeover in the coming months.
It may include slimming the road from six lanes near Old Dominion University...
Councilwoman Courtney Doyle ... is leading the advisory committee on the Hampton Boulevard changes, which includes representatives from several civic leagues, the port, the Navy and ODU.
Among the possibilities is making a stretch of Hampton Boulevard north of ODU two lanes in each direction. The aim is to slow traffic near the curve where this spring’s accident happened. It's at the intersection with Bolling Avenue.
The move would add bike lanes to the outside edge of the road and slightly widen the remaining lanes.
On the northbound side, the road would return to three lanes at the foot of the bridge over the Lafayette River. The southbound lanes would narrow around North Shore Road in Meadowbrook, continue across the bridge and widen back to three lanes after Bolling Avenue."
We, the signers of this petition, are residents of the City of Norfolk and we ask that the city not take away any vehicle lanes from Hampton Blvd. Even with the current number of six lanes from ODU to W Little Creek Ave., traffic backups are a regular occurrence especially during morning and afternoon rush hours.
The petition only addresses the lane closures. We ask that the city continue to research safety issues on Hampton Blvd. including speed limits, the removed stoplight at Jamestown Crescent and commercial truck usage.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
January 13, 2019
Reached 100 supporters
January 11, 2019
283 Comments
I’m about safety but we are making strides as an area to make the infrastructure more conducive to our growing port. If you take away lanes from one of the largest feeder roads you will cause a huge disruption in the flow of business and traffic.
Strongly oppose. If "the aim is to slow traffic", why are we putting bikers at risk in an attempt to reduce vehicular speed? I believe this is ill-conceived and we should rely on our law enforcement to tame speeding and unsafe driving.
am opposed to closed lanes. Already blocked by trucks, a few of which barrel through red lights with very little police evidence except on weekends when trucks don't travel. any biker would be crazy to ride in a third lane with trucks so close!
I live in Agonquin right where the narrowing would begin! This would be a terrible my idea that would be detrimental to everyone that lives off Hampton. The base traffic already makes it almost impossible to get out of the neighborhood many mornings.
This will make life go from bad to worse in so many ways and Meadowbrook will bear the brunt of this traffic. West Little Creek becomes a cut thru during rush hours and school children and other pedestrians are going to be harmed.
This will make traffic increasingly worse
it's bad enough.. why reduce lanes???? makes no sense
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we won and the city is keeping all six lanes on hampton blvd. im honestly so relieved that our streets arent going to be gridlocked and i cant thank you enough for sticking with this. keep an eye on things just in case but for now we definitely got the …
March 14, 2019
Final supporters
According to the Virginian Pilot, "After a serious accident this spring resurfaced safety concerns for those who live along Hampton Boulevard, one of the city's major thoroughfares may be getting a safety makeover in the coming months.
It may include slimming the road from six lanes near Old Dominion University...
Councilwoman Courtney Doyle ... is leading the advisory committee on the Hampton Boulevard changes, which includes representatives from several civic leagues, the port, the Navy and ODU.
Among the possibilities is making a stretch of Hampton Boulevard north of ODU two lanes in each direction. The aim is to slow traffic near the curve where this spring’s accident happened. It's at the intersection with Bolling Avenue.
The move would add bike lanes to the outside edge of the road and slightly widen the remaining lanes.
On the northbound side, the road would return to three lanes at the foot of the bridge over the Lafayette River. The southbound lanes would narrow around North Shore Road in Meadowbrook, continue across the bridge and widen back to three lanes after Bolling Avenue."
We, the signers of this petition, are residents of the City of Norfolk and we ask that the city not take away any vehicle lanes from Hampton Blvd. Even with the current number of six lanes from ODU to W Little Creek Ave., traffic backups are a regular occurrence especially during morning and afternoon rush hours.
The petition only addresses the lane closures. We ask that the city continue to research safety issues on Hampton Blvd. including speed limits, the removed stoplight at Jamestown Crescent and commercial truck usage.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
January 13, 2019
Reached 100 supporters
January 11, 2019
283 Comments
Please don't take away anymore vehicle traffic Lanes. It's hard enough getting around Ghent time Larchmont now. Colley Avenue is a mess now with the bike Lanes and very few people use them. I saw 1 person in a bike lane all last week.
I’m about safety but we are making strides as an area to make the infrastructure more conducive to our growing port. If you take away lanes from one of the largest feeder roads you will cause a huge disruption in the flow of business and traffic.
Strongly oppose. If "the aim is to slow traffic", why are we putting bikers at risk in an attempt to reduce vehicular speed? I believe this is ill-conceived and we should rely on our law enforcement to tame speeding and unsafe driving.
am opposed to closed lanes. Already blocked by trucks, a few of which barrel through red lights with very little police evidence except on weekends when trucks don't travel. any biker would be crazy to ride in a third lane with trucks so close!
I live in Agonquin right where the narrowing would begin! This would be a terrible my idea that would be detrimental to everyone that lives off Hampton. The base traffic already makes it almost impossible to get out of the neighborhood many mornings.
This will make life go from bad to worse in so many ways and Meadowbrook will bear the brunt of this traffic. West Little Creek becomes a cut thru during rush hours and school children and other pedestrians are going to be harmed.
This will make traffic increasingly worse
it's bad enough.. why reduce lanes???? makes no sense
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Please don't take away anymore vehicle traffic Lanes. It's hard enough getting around Ghent time Larchmont now. Colley Avenue is a mess now with the bike Lanes and very few people use them. I saw 1 person in a bike lane all last week.