Don't take away lanes from Norfolk's Hampton Blvd.

As a 42 year resident of Larchmont and a person who travels on Hampton Blvd daily to go to and from work. I can confirm that the congestion in the morning and the afternoon is bumper to bumper . I live on Manchester Ave and some morning it has taken me 15 minutes to get over the Hampton Blvd Bridge. I have also seen higher traffic on my street people cutting through since the light at Jamestown Cres. and Hampton Blvd has been removed. I know that speeding is a serious problem on Hampton Blvd as cars fly by me when I’m doing the speed limit. I don’t think that removing a traffic lane is going to resolve the problems we have on Hampton Blvd but only make them worse.

This is ridiculous to even begin to fathom this idea with all the traffic problems we already have on Hampton Blvd.

Adding bike lanes is not the answer to this traffic and safety issue. Try rerouting the semis headed to the port, staggering start times on base to reduce congestion, or evaluate ways to add a small shoulder on tight areas of Hampton (north of bridge is very tight). These would be things that would decrease accidents and congestion. Bike lanes that will not be well used will only cause more aggravation/delays to motorists and potentially cause more unsafe conditions (road rage, illegally driving in bike lane, etc).

ODU morning traffic and Naval Base afternoon traffic already create chaos. Please don’t make it harder on us.

This is the agenda of a handful of people, clearly. They seek power and not discussion as to more careful approaches.

Hampton Blvd is a nightmare- we need to figure out a way for NIT to use the highway, even a connecting bridge to m&m tunnel from NIT.

the tragic is bad now just reroute the container trucks

Thank you Dawn. Before such drastic measures are taken, I would like the city to consider alternative methods first, such as enhanced police presence, returning the light to Jamestown and Hampton intersection as promised in 2014, red light cameras, adjusting light cycles along the route, and/or reducing the speed limit. This proposal is not supported by the neighborhoods along the route.

This is such a terrible idea. The presentation deck from the civic league meeting basically said it’s aim is to make people angry enough that they eventually take an alternate route. This is the worst approach possible.

These bike lanes are a hazard. They are rarely used. Norfolk, unfortunately, isn’t ready for this and they should not be forced upon us.

Please... No more bike lanes!

There is too much traffic during rush hours already. Restricting traffic through a reduction of lanes could potentially cause incidents of road rage and further increase the number of accidents. The addition of bike lanes in Norfolk, while appealing in theory, has been a headache for drivers since they were constructed. I drive 35th Street daily and nightly, but RARELY see a biker using the lanes. I HAVE seen cars run over the bike lane marking poles, watched children take them for games, and have been delayed many times by garbage trucks, delivery trucks, etc. as there are no longer passing lanes to use. Please do not waste any more tax payer money for ineffective ideas.

I also advocate elimination of the bike lanes and restoration of the vehicle lanes on Granby, 35th St, and Colley. The bike lanes are completely underutilized and have been a complete waste of taxpayer dollars and time.

Let’s be honest. This is ridiculous.

Please do not add bike lanes to Hampton Blvd.

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.

Bad planning - has anyone consulted with a true civil engineer? I recommend consulting with someone from Boston, NOVA or Atlanta

No more bike lanes

Get the semi's off Hampton Blvd. and everyone would be safer.

Traffic would flow better if semi's were restricted. Bike lanes and fewer lanes will only ad to already bad congestion.