So basically, several weeks ago stated that he had approvals from MNDoT and the Feds on the weave, he really meant that the approvals would happen (maybe?)several months from the date of that claim. Interesting!
Also, I've recently learned that the cost estimates around addressing the weave issue could run as high as $25 million - that would raise the total project cost to around $178 million!! How many additional affordable housing units will be destroyed? David Piehl Central --- Tom Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom and David, Written approvals come in the form > of Project documents and > plans signed by both the Federal Highway > Administration and MN/DOT. > Approvals follow both a legal process and a process > dictated by Federal > policy. We may not have these signed approvals for > 2 months given the these > processes. The outcome will be as a stated > previously. Copies of signed > approvals will be provided to you both and many > others when we get them. > > Tom Johnson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Piehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [central-traffic] [Mpls] 35 W Weave and > Access > > > > Tom McReevey wrote: > On January 12th Tom Johnson wrote that an agreement > had been made to ensure full access to Lake Street > with MnDot and the Federal Highway department. I > wrote > to him on this list on January 13th asking that he > provide letters from MnDot and the Feds to back up > his > claims of full access now and in the future. Two > weeks have gone by without an answer. > > I again respectfully ask that supportive > documentation > be made available to the public. > > David Piehl writes: > > I agree - this issue is HUGE - the traffic weaves > are > likely a major reason that ramps weren't originally > installed at Lake St. - if the weave isn't feasible, > then full access cannot be achieved, which would > leave > us wondering what else $153 million of tax dollars > can > buy! > > David Piehl > Central > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ 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
