2025–26 · City-wide
More traffic calming and trees
Add more traffic calming measures and trees at the location, with no further detail provided.
English title and summary written with AI from the resident's text.
The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
More traffic calming and trees
Details
- Cycle
- 2025–26
- Submitted
- July 29, 2025
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Streets & Sidewalks
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
Themes grouped with AI from resident idea text.
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