Business owners along Frazier Avenue on Chattanooga’s North Shore are against reducing the number of lanes on the four-lane roadway, opting instead to advocate for raised intersections for pedestrians to cross on the thoroughfare.
At a meeting last week for the Northshore Collective, a group representing businesses on Frazier, more than 90% of the 15 business owners present voiced opposition to lane reduction, said Jessica Dumitru, a Frazier business owner, during a Hamilton County Pachyderm Club meeting Monday.
The collective, she said, is calling for raising the roadway, including the crosswalks, at three intersections along Frazier: Tremont Street, Forest Avenue and Woodland Avenue. The raised area would cover the entire intersection at each of those cross streets.
“We want people to come down there. We want pedestrian traffic. We want tourists. We want shoppers. We have to protect them, so what we want to see happen is raised pedestrian walkways,” Dumitru said.