Connecting Downtown Lakewood

Anyone who lives in Belmar knows that crossing Wadsworth on foot is an unpleasant task. It's too many lanes and too many cars, and as a result, downtown Lakewood is effectively cut in half.

So it was nice to read in the Lakewood Sentinel that the city is finally taking seriously the need to unify Belmar, Lakewood Commons, Belmar Park, and the Lakewood Civic Center.

The City of Lakewood has also put up a web page for the Downtown Lakewood Connectivity and Urban Design Plan, announcing a series of public workshops.

Perhaps most promising of all, the city's webpage states that the "study will evaluate transit options in the area, as well as possible connections to the West Corridor light rail stations at Wadsworth and the Federal Center."