The city’s official neighborhood planning document, Plan: East Boston, acknowledges that Bennington Street, in its current form, is too wide, and a major liability to neighborhood safety. “Its four-lane configuration encourages regional use, higher travel speeds, and unsafe weaving behavior,” the Plan: East Boston report warns. The 2021 plans for a new mixed-use housing development in Day Square in East Boston. The new bikeway would have connected to a new path connection from the Mary Ellen Welch East Boston Greenway, which runs underneath the Interstate 90 highway viaduct nearby. “It’s a dangerous road,” East Boston resident Joey Carlesimo told StreetsblogMASS.