Connecting Canal Blvd and Madison Avenue

A number of residents have expressed concern that Canal Blvd will be extended to 6800 W via Madison Avenue once the Reinhart property is developed (see picture above). Below is a copy of an email I sent to the residents who emailed on this issue on Thursday June 20th. Note, I did fix spelling and grammar error that to my chagrin were in the email and made a couple of changes to improve clarity.

*** Update 6 July 2019 ***

At the end off the post I’ve listed a number of misconceptions that I’ve heard or read relative to this issue.

Traffic Count and Speed Analysis for Canal Blvd at 5700 West

We collected traffic data and speed information on Canal Blvd from May 28th through Jun 11th 2019. Westbound data was collected at ~5730 W and eastbound data was collected at ~5670 W (see map above).