There are plans to improve Bird Avenue from US 1 to Aviation. The plan includes new pavement, gutters, sidewalks, street lighting, medians, landscaping and bike lanes are all part of the plan.
Representatives from the City's Capital Improvement program presented the plans before the Village Council and asked for their feedback. There is actually no design right now but there were conceptual drawings. Once there is an agreement to proceed with a design approach they will of course proceed.
While they showed drawings, not even utilities have been approached yet and the City has not agreed to even do the project. It will cost $3 million from start to finish according to the committee, but seeing how they never approached utilities and they have just started to get neighborhood input, the price is sure to change.
It reminded me of one of those tv shows, like "Shark Tank," where entrepreneurs show their ideas to the investors hoping to get a bite. None of the residents or the business owners present bit. They didn't like the idea and felt the plan would better serve streets that "went somewhere" into the Grove, like 27th or 32nd Avenues.
But as usual, the Village Council never saw a committee they weren't willing to start, so Council Member Felice Dubin and activist Patrick Sessions will co-chair that new committee.
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