I attended a meeting last week on the various options for rebuilding Capitol Drive. There are two main options, one with bike lanes, and one without. In designing the options, the engineers considered tradeoffs between bike lanes, driving lanes, sidewalks, trees, medians, turn lanes, and other design components. Needless to say, bike lanes change the amount of space available for other components.
For more information on the two working designs, visit the Capitol Drive reconstruction information website.
Rumors have been circulating that up to 50 trees may be removed in the course of this reconstruction no matter which option they go with. In viewing the website, I do not count this number when viewing the various options. If anyone can tell us conclusively either way, please go ahead and post a comment.
