08-13-2018, 08:21 PM
(08-13-2018, 06:51 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I would argue that keeping a stub open defeats the point of a greenway to the park.
As for Halls Lane, at this point, it's practically a design detail, there are trade offs, closing it is better for the greenway, keeping it open is possibly better for drivers.
Not at all. The stub in question would extend from Hall’s Lane about 12m (literally, no exaggeration; I measured it on Google Maps) north towards (but not reaching) King St. The only traffic on it would be traffic directly to those two small parking lots, which have a total of no more than 20 parking spaces between them. So the traffic levels would be insignificant and would not noticeably detract from the pedestrian experience. Future redevelopment of the properties in question could be required to move their vehicular access directly to Hall’s Lane, eliminating even that small impact.
I think closing Hall’s Lane entirely is probably not workable due to the number of properties relying on it for access. But it is a single lane running in one direction with a low level of traffic so I don’t see it as a problem to have it cross the greenway.