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--Alt-Boundary-25622.27906607 This week's cover story in the Pulse, "Rocky Road: The 35W Access Project" explains the history and current plans for the 35W Access Project and Lake Street Reconstruction and Repaving Project. The author, Jane Franklin, obviously spent a great deal of the time reviewing website material and technical data, as well as interviewing people involved in both projects. Although I certainly do not wish to detract from her efforts, as the Eighth Ward's representative to the Lake Street PAC, I'd like to correct a few misrepresentations and inaccuracies: 1. As Ms. Franklin reports, at one point the plans for the 35W Access Project included ramps on 26th Street and a "flyover" ramp on 28th. Street. My understanding is that those plans were changed this year: the 26th. Street ramps are not part of the current 35W Access Project plans, and the "flyover" design for 28th. Street has been altered to a "slip ramp." 2. Ms. Franklin reports that "The designs that have been chosen by the Lake Street PAC are both four-lane designs....," when in fact these two designs are only for the west side of Lake Street. (The PAC has divided Lake Street into west and east segments, with east Lake beginning at Hiawatha and extending to the river.) So far, the PAC has narrowed the designs for Lake to four options: two options for west Lake and two options for east Lake (the latter were voted on yesterday). The two west Lake options are indeed both 4-lane solutions, but the PAC voted yesterday in favor of two 3-lane solutions for east Lake. At this point, then, it appears that the west side of Lake Street will carry four lanes of traffic and the east side of Lake will carry three. 3. Although he certainly works for Smith Parker (a law firm), Tom Johnson is not a lawyer, as Ms. Franklin states. 4. Finally, the Lake Street PAC does indeed contain neighborhood representatives (elected by their neighborhood associations), not just ward reps and business people. Having said all of this, however, I'd like to point out that Ms. Franklin has done an admirable job overall, sorting through reams of technical data and dealing very diplomatically with the participants involved in these projects. Liz McLemore Eighth Ward Representative to the Lake Street PAC Bancroft neighborhood --Alt-Boundary-25622.27906607 <?xml version="1.0" ?><html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">This week's cover story in the Pulse, "Rocky Road:  The 35W Access Project" explains the history and current plans for the 35W Access Project and Lake Street Reconstruction and Repaving Project.  The author, Jane Franklin, obviously spent a great deal of the time reviewing website material and technical data, as well as interviewing people involved in both projects.  Although I certainly do not wish to detract from her efforts, as the Eighth Ward's representative to the Lake Street PAC, I'd like to correct a few misrepresentations and inaccuracies:  </span></font></div> <div align="left"><br/> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">1.  As Ms. Franklin reports, at one point the plans for the 35W Access Project included ramps on 26th Street and a "flyover" ramp on 28th. Street.  My understanding is that those plans were changed this year:  the 26th. Street ramps are not part of the current 35W Access Project plans, and the "flyover" design for 28th. Street has been altered to a "slip ramp." </span></font></div> <div align="left"><br/> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">2.  Ms. Franklin reports that "The designs that have been chosen by the Lake Street PAC are both four-lane designs....," when in fact these two designs are only for the <i>west </i>side of Lake Street.  (The PAC has divided Lake Street into west and east segments, with east Lake beginning at Hiawatha and extending to the river.)  So far, the PAC has narrowed the designs for Lake to <i>four </i>options:  two options for west Lake and two options for east Lake (the latter were voted on yesterday).  The two west Lake options are indeed both 4-lane solutions, but the PAC voted yesterday in favor of two 3-lane solutions for east Lake.  At this point, then, it appears that the west side of Lake Street will carry four lanes of traffic and the east side of Lake will carry three. </span></font></div> <div align="left"><br/> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">3.  Although he certainly works for Smith Parker (a law firm), Tom Johnson is not a lawyer, as Ms. Franklin states.</span></font></div> <div align="left"><br/> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">4.  Finally, the Lake Street PAC does indeed contain neighborhood representatives (elected by their neighborhood associations), not just ward reps and business people.</span></font></div> <div align="left"><br/> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Having said all of this, however, I'd like to point out that Ms. Franklin has done an admirable job overall, sorting through reams of technical data and dealing very diplomatically with the participants involved in these projects.  </span></font></div> <div align="left"><br/> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Liz McLemore</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Eighth Ward Representative to the Lake Street PAC</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Bancroft neighborhood</span></font></div> <div align="left"><br/> </div> <div align="left"><br/> </div> <div align="left"></div> </body> </html> --Alt-Boundary-25622.27906607-- REMINDERS: 1. 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