City might connect Dunn Street's two extensions

Future transportation plans could prevent some of the one-way street hassle around IU campus, but only for students attending in the year 2030. \nAmong several projects, the City of Bloomington's Planning Office presented a plan Tuesday to connect the two extensions of Dunn Street, currently zigzagged around the one-way extension of Indiana Avenue. \nThe presentation and subsequent workshop was the last chance for public review and input into the long range plan, scheduled for adoption by the Metropolitan Planning Organization in March.\n"Citizen participation is a crucial element of our update to the 2030 Long-Range Transportation Plan," said Tom Micuda, the City's Planning Director. "We want to make sure that our final transportation project list adequately reflects the priorities of city and county residents."\nOther street projects affecting the city of Bloomington and IU include the widening of Bloomfield Road from State Road 37 to Walnut Street, road reconstruction on 10th and 14th streets from Dunn Street to the State Road 45 and 46 bypass, and the reconstruction of 17th Street from State Road 37 to the bypass.\nPlans for public transit include a new downtown bus terminal, the implementation of alternative fuel and hybrid buses and a regional transit authority, linking Ellettsville and Bloomington.