We submit this petition to express our full support for the traffic improvement projects planned for Waterside and the South End. The various components of the project shown on the attached "concept plan" are designed to work together, including the widening of Pulaski Street and Washington Boulevard at their intersection. These projects have been needed for decades to address the chronic traffic problems in Waterside and the South End. To this end we support approval of item LU30.040 “approval of public hearing initiating the process of the acquisition by negotiation or eminent domain of rights of way for the Washington Blvd and Pulaski Street widening project”.