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there were safe access. They include: Mt. Ararat Middle School, Mt. Ararat High School, the Merrymeeting Adult School, the Orion Arts Center (at the Middle School), the Topsham Municipal Complex, the Post Office, the Topsham Fair Mall, as well as businesses that will emerge at the redeveloped NASB Topsham Annex. 1.2. Outer Pleasant Street from I-295 to Mill Street serves not only many local businesses that generate a lot of left-turn traffic from the roadway and from parking lots onto the roadway, but also neighborhoods of short side and parallel streets that now must use Pleasant Street. Some businesses, such as the Salvation Army, serve a population that may not even own cars. 1.3. Mill Street provides or impedes access to the Androscoggin River and popular pedestrian destinations such as the canoe portage park, the Swinging Bridge, and the Androscoggin Riverwalk. 2. Through traffic between points south on I-295 and Cooks Corner, Bath and Coastal Route One should be directed to use the Route 196 Coastal Connector. Local traffic between those areas should be encouraged to use the Coastal Connector even though it is longer. They should be discouraged from using Pleasant Street and Mill Street by making them slower streets, appropriate to urban communities with pedestrians and cyclists. 2.1. South of Exit 28 on I-295 install signs that 2.1.1. Direct traffic for Cooks Corner, NASB (a/k/a Brunswick Landing), Harpswell via Route 24, Bath and Coastal Route One to Exit 31 and the Coastal Connector 2.1.2. Stress that Exit 28 is for Downtown Brunswick, Bowdoin & Harpswell via Route 123, only 2.2. On Route One South in Cooks Corner, install signs to direct traffic to I-295 South via the Route 196 Coastal Connector. 2.3. On Outer Pleasant Street, slow traffic and provide safe routes for pedestrians and cyclists. 2.3.1. Given my past life in New Jersey where they are eliminating traffic circles, I was leery of roundabouts but am now persuaded that they might safely and effectively slow traffic if installed on Pleasant Street at the intersections with the I-295 off ramp, River Road, and Mill/Stanwood Street. 2.3.2. Reduce the width of outer Pleasant Street to three lanes with a center left-turn lane. 2.3.3. Widen and improve sidewalks (trees, attractive lighting, etc.) to safely accommodate strollers and wheelchairs. 2.3.4. Create clearly marked bicycle lanes. 2.3.5. At traffic lights, clearly mark pedestrian crosswalks and provide safety medians in the middle of the street. 2.3.6. Reduce the number of curb cuts along Pleasant Street by 2.3.6.1. Working with the Town of Brunswick to encourage existing businesses to share parking lots and curb cuts, and insisting the new businesses do the same. 2.3.6.2. Creating a network of parallel streets to move local traffic away from Pleasant Street. 2.4. On Mill Street, slow traffic and provide safe routes for pedestrians and cyclists. 2.4.1. Reduce the width of Mill Street to three lanes with a center left-turn lane. 2.4.2. Implement the Androscoggin Riverwalk plan to create a path for pedestrians and cyclists from Bow Street to the Swinging Bridge that is close to the river and separated from traffic by a guardrail 2.4.3. Widen and improve (trees, attractive lighting, etc.) the sidewalk of the South side of Mill Street (across Mill Street from the River) to accommodate strollers and wheelchairs 2.4.4. Create clearly marked bicycle lanes from the Swinging Bridge to Pleasant Street and from Pleasant Street to Maine Street. 2.4.5. Ensure safe pedestrian crossings at the Mill Street Canoe Portage, Cumberland Street to the business across Mill Street, and from Cushing Street to the Swinging Bridge. Possibilities include: 2.4.5.1. Traffic lights controlled by pedestrians 2.4.5.2. Flashing crosswalks, with warning signs for drivers when a pedestrian activates the flashers 2.4.5.3. Speed bumps on either side of crosswalks 2.5. On Route 196 in Topsham, reduce the number of traffic signals between the Coastal Connector and I-295. They deter drivers from using the Coastal Connector to bypass Pleasant and Mill Street. 3. My preference at the intersection of Route 196 and Route 201 is to as much as possible retain the character of Route 201 as Topshams Main Street, leading from the river and the lower village to the Post Office and the Municipal Complex and then on to the Mt. Ararat school campus and the redeveloped NASB Topsham Annex. 3.1. Depress Route 196 below Route 201. 3.2. Maintain sidewalks and bicycle lanes on both sides of Route 201. 3.3. Ensure safe pedestrian crossings at side streets and strategic locations such as the Post Office, Municipal Complex, and Mt. Ararat schools. 4. On areas outside the scope of this study, my suggestions include: 4.1. Create direct access from Route One South to Maine Street in Brunswick in both directions: over the Frank J. Wood Bridge to Topsham (as now) and to downtown Brunswick and Fort Andross. Perhaps a roundabout could achieve that. 4.2. Until that is achieved, install clear signage along the length of Cushing Street to direct traffic going from Route One South to Maine Street to travel all the way to Pleasant Street, rather than turning on the residential side streets. This will have the dual benefit of protecting NorthWest Brunswick neighborhood from through traffic and exposing Pleasant Street businesses to passing vehicles. 4.3. Explore making Pleasant Street from Maine Street to Mill/Stanwood Street twoway with three lanes, including one left-turn lane. Add clearly designated bicycle lanes. The current traffic pattern of one-way streets and streets that abruptly change from two-way to one-way is confusing to visitors. Reducing the travel lanes will make Pleasant Street safer for pedestrian crossings. 4.4. Revisit adding a River Road exit to I-295 between Exit 28 and Exit 31 to draw traffic off of Pleasant Street. Again, thank you for you opportunity to comment on the study. It is important that planning for mobility considers pedestrian and cyclist mobility as well as vehicular mobility. Even more importantly, we must not sacrifice the character of our historic community just to accommodate traffic for two hours, five days a week, especially when we have a perfectly serviceable Route 196 Coastal Connector for through traffic both commuters and visitors. Alison Harris 38 Cumberland Street 19
Brunswick, ME 04011 207-729-0787 Alison Harris Email sent by VHB QuickMail.NET From: brunswickautorecycling@yahoo.com [mailto:brunswickautorecycling@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 1:46 PM To: cmorris@morriscomm.net; Kennedy, Marty; VHB_Webmaster Subject: Brunswick Naval Air Station website form submittal WHEN WILL THE TOWN MEETING TAKE PLACE IN JULY PAULA LETOURNEAU Email sent by VHB QuickMail.NET From: midcoasteve@gmail.com [mailto:midcoasteve@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 8:51 AM To: cmorris@morriscomm.net; Kennedy, Marty Subject: Brunswick Naval Air Station website form submittal RE: Strategy 2A: Coastal connector Options 2A and 3 are are the only options that would increase thetraffic flow rate because either would eliminate the signalized intersection at Rt 201. Option 4, widening Rt 196, will reduce buy half the length of the line of traffic that has to stop at the signalized Highlands/Rt196 intersection. To increase flow efficiency, the sigal a Highlans/Rt 196 must be elimnated. Consider building a single lane signalized bridge over Rt196 to connect the 2 properties. It could easily handle the extremely low trafic volume that requires cross lane access to Rt196. Lets' attempt make the "Connector" a true connector. Stephen Goller Email sent by VHB QuickMail.NET From: flanagan1@suscom-maine.net [mailto:flanagan1@suscom-maine.net] Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 8:55 AM To: cmorris@morriscomm.net; Kennedy, Marty Subject: Brunswick Naval Air Station website form submittal Whatever you decide, do not add roundabouts to the plans. They are very dangerous. marilyn flanagan Do NOT add to mailing list. Email sent by VHB QuickMail.NET From: flanagan1@suscom-maine.net [mailto:flanagan1@suscom-maine.net] Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 12:49 AM To: cmorris@morriscomm.net; Kennedy, Marty Subject: Brunswick Naval Air Station website form submittal Dear Sir or Madam, One comment I do have is that in my opinion the plans for "roundabouts" are badly mistaken. These constructions are confusing, dangerous, counter-productive, and wasteful in every sense of the word. James M. Flanagan Do NOT add to mailing list. Email sent by VHB QuickMail.NET From: jimbyrnept@suscom-maine.net Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 9:28 PM To: cmorris@morriscomm.net; Kennedy, Marty Subject: Brunswick Naval Air Station website form submittal 20
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Transportation Feasibility Study Re
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Table of Contents Executive Summary
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1 Introduction 1.1 Project Backgrou
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