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fi c that’s going 30, 35, 40 miles an
hour,” said Brian Hedden, a bike
activist from southern Brooklyn.
Department of Transportation
spokesman Brian Zumhagen
declined to explain why construction
was halted, saying only
that cyclists shouldn’t expect any
progress on the bike lane until
spring next year.
When the Fourth Avenue
project was fi rst presented to
the community in 2017, reps for
the Department of Transportation
did warn residents that construction
along the fi nal stretch
of the bike lane between Carroll
Street and Atlantic Avenue may
be delayed by the heavy traffi c
that passes through that area,
according to one local transit
buff.
“When they originally presented
to the community board,
they told us that because of the
traffi c volume… it is more of a
challenge between Carroll Street
and Atlantic Avenue, so they need
to do extra work to fi gure out how
best to deal with that,” said Eric
McClure, the Chairman of Community
Board 6’s Transportation
Committee.
However, the DOT’s foresight
doesn’t excuse the agency from
making an extra effort to protect
cyclists, according to McClure,
who said the city should rush to
complete the project before the
fi rst major snowstorm of the year
makes the work impossible.
“They should move as quickly
as possible to rectify the situation,”
said McClure. “It doesn’t
seem unreasonable to ask them
to extend work into the winter.”
Cyclists rallied for the completion of the Fourth Avenue bike lane. Photo by Ben Verde
House of D to close in January
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
The city is reportedly gearing
up to shut down the Brooklyn
House of Detention early
next year to pave the way for
an expansion of the Boerum
Hill holding facility.
Offi cials want to move inmates
and corrections staff out
of the Atlantic Avenue jail by
the end of January 2020 as part
of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s $8.7
billion plan to close the beleaguered
Rikers Island jail complex
and build four boroughbased
facilities, according to a
report by the Daily News.
The building’s roughly 400
occupants will be moved to
other borough facilities —unless
they have specifi c needs
that can only be met at Rikers
— and the 535 Department of
Corrections staff will be reassigned,
agency spokeswoman
Latima Johnson said.
The city previously closed
down the George Motchan Detention
Center on the island
last year.
De Blasio’s plan, which City
Council approved in October,
aims to close the Rikers Island
jail by 2026 and move inmates
to smaller facilities in all boroughs
except Staten Island.
The city plans to raze the
House of Detention and erect
a 29-story, 295-foot, 886-bed jail
facility, replacing the current
11-story 170-foot building housing
815 beds.
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