re: The city of BR needs us to weigh in about Government Street.

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I know it’s an unpopular opinion here, but the new arrangement is actually helping traffic counts and has reduced accident counts.

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You are right, but I don't think it's really helping businesses with foot traffic like they wanted. They should have forgotten the bike lanes and put in street parking.

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The flower beds would be better off with something else planted, but lots of cities have these.

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They need lower maintenance things planted there if they are going to keep them. Or just throw a few native trees and some St. Augustine grass in there and call it a day. Let BR Green cover the tree plantings and let local businesses sponsor the costs like they do everywhere else with tree plantings in public right of way.

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The flower beds would be better off with something else planted, but lots of cities have these.

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Surely there is a landscape architect somewhere that can recommend a slow growing, low maintenance shrub that can be planted instead of annual flowers.