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By Joel Rose
July 16, 2024
LANCASTER, Pa. — The streets of this Colonial-era city are old and narrow, with blocks of 19th century brick rowhouses sitting just feet from the sidewalk.
That hasn’t stopped Mayor Danene Sorace from making some 21st century changes — adding protected bike lanes and converting one-way streets to two lanes — in the name of safety.
“It's definitely slowed traffic,” Sorace said last month as she led a walking tour for Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to show off the changes the city is making.
The money to do this work, about $12 million, came from the federal Department of Transportation. Sorace says that’s cut the time line for these projects in half.
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