| Issue 278 | July 24, 2000 |
| 1. DOT needs to work with municipalities on land use plans
that can minimize future traffic growth
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| 2. The Route 347 EIS should compare road widening against a
"partial build" alternative of intersection fixes and non-paving
strategies like employer-based programs to reduce solo car commuting.
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| 3. DOT should also pay more attention to aesthetic issues, and
consider a boulevard design that fully incorporates more trees and
cycling and walking infrastructure.
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| 4. DOT needs to improve its ability to collaborate with stakeholders
(see LITP story, front page). Citizens especially thought the Route 347
"info-merical" style scoping hearing, and the absence of any written
material on the Route 347 project to be inadequate.
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| 5. DOT should promptly comply with all requests for information about its projects. Over the past year, DOT's Region 10 office has compiled an atrocious record of stonewalling and non-disclosure regarding data and other information on its projects and studies. The Tri-State Campaign recently wrote to transportation commissioner Boardman to detail this problem. |
The citizens also asked DOT to answer questions about the Route 347 widening plan to other nearby highway expansion projects, and with the LITP plan to build new HOV lanes all over Long Island.
The statement was endorsed by the Affiliated Brookhaven Civic Organization, Lake Grove Civic Association, the L.I. Progressive Coalition, the Mt. Sinai Civic, the Port Jefferson Civic Association, the Setauket Civic, the Suffolk County Bike Riders Association, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and County Legislator Vivian Fisher.
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