Show up to support a change Future of Bridgeway to be Decided on March 29th
The long-awaited Bridgeway waterfront project will be decided by the Sausalito City Council at a special meeting on Saturday, March 29th.
Click here to sign up to support this critical project on one of most-ridden roads in Marin!
The Project
MCBC and local advocates have been helping move this project along for several years, which received unanimous approval from the Sausalito Pedestrian/Bicycle Advisory Committee at its December meeting and now heads to the city council. The project includes several elements to make Bridgeway safer for all of its many users:
- Designated crosswalks at Golden Gate Market and the Scoma’s/Trident buildings
- Loading zones for delivery vehicles, removing the need for drivers to cross moving traffic
- Striped bike lanes, allowing drivers to pass bicyclists without veering into the center turn lane
The project is largely paid for by grants already received by the city, freeing up important local funds to pay for other city priorities. You can click here to see more information about the project and renderings from the report.
Unfortunately the plan is being opposed by residents who would rather see nothing changed than experiment with a new configuration of the street, and we are anticipating these people showing up to tell the council to vote to return nearly half a million dollars earmarked for the project.
Limits of the project, from Golden Gate Market to Princess Street
The Meeting
Because of the high level of interest in the project, the city council has scheduled a special weekend meeting to take up the topic. This will take place on Saturday, March 29th at 1 PM at Sausalito City Hall.
For this project to move forward, we’ll need to show the City Council that a substantial number of Sausalito residents are open to a change on Bridgeway. You can do this by giving a public comment via email, or during the meeting on Zoom or in person at City Hall.
If you want to give a comment, please fill out this form (the same one linked above) and we will provide you clear instructions based on your preferred means of commenting. If you plan to comment on Zoom, we can text you when public comment opens so you don’t have to listen through the whole meeting. We will post the agenda and details when they are on the city website, but you can also find them here.
IN the Meantime
What can you do between now and March 29th? A lot, actually!
- Email your City Councilmembers and tell them you support the Better Bridgeway project
- Joan Cox, jcox@sausalito.gov
- Steven Woodside, swoodside@sausalito.gov
- Melissa Blaustein, mblaustein@sausalito.gov
- Jill Hoffman, jhoffman@sausalito.gov
- Ian Sobieski, isobieski@sausalito.gov
- Sign the Better Bridgeway petition here and share it with friends and family in Sausalito
- Read our Policy & Planning Director’s recent Op-Ed in the Marin IJ and share it
Bridgeway – Proposed Configuration
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