Street closures that started as an experiment for safer streets in East Lake will now become permanent after the Birmingham City Council approved a contract to replace temporary barriers with permanent curbs.
More than a dozen blocked streets will have their concrete Jersey barriers removed and replaced with permanent decorative barriers that will include tree planters.
“That will look like curbing and plantings with steel bollards in place that will effectively block the street from vehicular traffic,” said Birmingham City Council President Darrell O’Quinn said…