In a message dated 7/1/02 11:13:18 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< ... like widening Lake. I don't have specific measurements, but I wonder how the proposed width of Lake compares to the width of the freeway itself - is the next stage in transportation planning to make freeways out of our commercial corridors, the way many suburbs build commercial areas along freeways? Dave Piehl Central >> West Broadway Ave. North, a county highway and the main commercial corridor of the Northwest quadrant of Mpls. is set for a repaving, and modifications. There exists a tug of war between the Neighborhood goals of a shopping/commercial district and the County goal of a commuter corridor for suburbanites. I expect about $50,000 in assessments, plus interest, for the frontage I own there (give or take a couple nickels). But how will a commuter corridor (highway?) serve a neighborhood, and in microcosm, what will my 50 large buy me? I could not help but be hooked by Smplsguy 2002's query, "...is the next stage in transportation planning to make freeways out of our commercial corridors...?" This tug of war is not over; and the outcomes still uncertain. Lake Street and West Broadway, two historic Titans of commerce of our fair City. How will they be turned into pedestrian unfriendly by-passes of our neighborhoods' amenities? How will they bring in neighborhood sustaining fresh retail money and reinvestment? Keith Reitman NearNorth _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
