Plans for pedestrian mall at George Floyd Square put on hold

A Minneapolis City Council committee on Thursday tabled plans to build a pedestrian plaza at George Floyd Square, after a survey found a majority of property owners don’t like the idea.

The council voted in December to study a pedestrian-only option for the 3700 block of Chicago Avenue, where a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in May 2020.

The city’s Public Works Department surveyed property owners on the block to ask if they would support a pedestrian plaza closed to traffic. Owners of 15 of the 20 properties responded; all said no…

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