Scott Persons writes: "The ellipse-about ramp that is being created as part of this is one of the truly innovative parts of the project. So much of infrastructure project work is by definition mundane, it's so nice to see a feature like this that we can be excited about."
Avidor- Tom Johnson said at Horn Terrace last Tuesday that the "ellipse-about" may no longer be a part of Project. He also said in response to my question about bicycle access on Lake Street that he didn't know whether bikes would be allowed on Lake Street. I reminded him that one of the engineers at the Thursday Open House said that bikes would be banned from Lake Street. Later in response to another question about bicycle access to the Greenway he said I would have to walk my bike on the sidewalk 2-3 blocks to get to the Greenway entrance. This points up one of the most frustrating aspects of the debate so far. We don't have easy access to precise information on the Access Project. Smith Parker was given a lot of money to develop and sell this project to the neighborhoods...so why don't they have a state of the art web site where we can go and easily find out whether bikes are allowed on Lake Street or whether the "ellipse-about" is still in the project or how much the whole thing costs? Another frustrating aspect for me is when I or someone else voice objections, we are put down as naysaying Nimbys who support the status quo. Then we are challenged to "come up with something better". People have a right to object without offering a counter-proposal....critics of this Titanic should not be required to build their own ocean liner before they get a chance to say it has too few lifeboats....Smith Parker was paid a lot of money ($2 million?) to hire experts to develop a plan...it should be judged on its own merits. We should never approve a huge project like this until every detail is clear and out in the open. I recommend that the process to approve the Project be halted until Smith Parker can put the Access Project on the web. For independent information on the 35W Access Project on the Web, go to: http://www.stride-mn.org Ken Avidor STRIDE Kingfield _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
