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New Rochelle Waterfront Plan

New Rochelle, New York

BFJ Planning prepared an update of the New Rochelle Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP), which includes policies to guide future uses of the City’s waterfront and harbor. New Rochelle prepared its LWRP in 1999, but the document was never adopted by the New York State Department of State. This update incorporates a harbor management plan that focuses on environmental and recreational issues in the City’s harbor and in the Long Island Sound. The LWRP also focuses on a broad range of strategies to reduce barriers to access that prevent residents and visitors from reaching the waterfront. These strategies include revisions to regulatory tools such as parking and user fees as well as ideas to create a waterfront greenway through streetscape improvements and new waterfront trails. The greenway will improve access to the City’s waterfront while also creating greater connections to downtown and the New Rochelle Transit Center. The LWRP also supports the creation of a mixed-use destination at the City’s Municipal Marina that includes recreational programming at and pedestrian linkages to the City’s adjacent public park facilities.

Client

City of New Rochelle, NY

Year

2016

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