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In 2003 the average daily total (ADT) of cars that passed along Main Street was 6,470. In 2025, average daily total of cars on Main Street is expected to exceed 8,000:

1. How will we prevent traffic jams in town?
2. What steps can be taken to keep traffic moving?
3. Where can we have additional access roads for circulation yet have centralized parking?

Today we have mostly open access parking with little or no control for in and out. Freeland is not designed to be shopper friendly, we are more of a drive here drive there kind of town. With traffic densities expected to increase what plans are there for making parking access safer?

1. How can we have appropriate traffic flow, yet ensure safe walkability?
2. What can we do to make downtown a more walkable area?
3. What do we need to do to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety
4. What can we do to reduce traffic problems?
5. Where can we put centralized parking for central district shoppers?

Where are the clearly defined entrance and exit points for our businesses? Permanent landscaping and sidewalks won’t be installed until sewers are put in, what is our best approach until that happens? With so little controlled access to parking, walking and bicycling through town is a hazardous experience. Adding semi-permanent architectural planters to define parking entrance and exit points would immediately improve pedestrian and bicycle safety.

Things we can do today

1. At the corner of East Harbor Rd and Main Street, there could be a small cobblestone courtyard, currently the area in front of Cloud Nine
2. This courtyard could double as a gathering place and a display area for the consignment store
3. Every other parking space would have a tree in a planter box between the road and walkway
4. Working with Island Transit, Harbor Center could have a newly designed transit stop
5. There could be more cobblestone and small shrubs to help shield the buildings, and a new sign for the Harbor Center Shopping Mall
6. The parking lot for the mall could have small planters with trees and shrubs
7. In front of Napa Auto Parts we have parking at an angle facing the street in addition to the spaces facing the storefront
8. Planter boxes act as both a curb and a shield from the road