Baltimore Unveils Improvements To Areas Near Lake Montebello During Lake2Lake Play Day

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City officials unveiled improvements to respective areas astir Lake Montebello, including safer entree to Druid Hill Park, Saturday arsenic portion of its Lake2Lake Play Day.

The National Association of City Transportation Officials’ Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery inaugural funded the improvements, according to a connection from the Baltimore Department of Transportation. Baltimore was 1 of 10 cities to person the peculiar funding, Theo Ngongang, the department’s lawman director, said successful the statement.

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The Lake2Lake Play Day featured amusive and escaped oregon inexpensive ways residents tin beryllium progressive and steadfast outdoors, including yoga, motorcycle rentals, guided walks of Herring Run, and skating. Bikemore, Black People Ride Bikes, and Graham Projects were partners successful the effort, according to the statement.

With the $50,000 grant:

• The section installed postulation calming devices astatine 33rd Street and Hillen Road for safer entree to Lake Montebello and volition repair parts of The Big Jump way and Druid Park Lake Drive;
• Bikemore repaired bicycles during informational pop-ups;
• Black People Ride Bikes held led activities truthful radical could larn astir harmless bicycling and civic engagement;
• and Graham Projects hosted pop-ups to animate artwork that volition beryllium installed astatine 33rd Street and Hillen Road, on with aboriginal creation for The Big Jump barricades.

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Druid Hill Park and Lake Montebello some person seen increases successful usage during the COVID-19 pandemic arsenic radical sought abstraction to enactment successful outdoor activities.

“As the City of Baltimore continues its betterment from the galore impacts of COVID-19, we person been moving to accommodate our streets for lasting, community-driven alteration that improves information and accessibility for each residents,” Mayor Brandon Scott said. “As we proceed to instrumentality our implicit streets argumentation and the Greenway Network Plan, residents volition proceed to spot existent changes successful however our proscription infrastructure is utilized.”

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CBS Baltimore Staff