Folks need to realize that an Environmental Assessment Worksheet is done by the people pushing the project i.e. the lobbyists and developers. They pay for it and they hire the firm that does it. That's why people question the findings of EAW's. The 35W access project should be required to do an Environmental Impact Assessment which is done usually by government to get a much better handle on what the true "other costs" of this project will be.
Hopefully Dore Mead will weigh in on this issue on the list since she has far more experience with this because of her work on 35W. The City Council and the County should refuse to allocate any matching funding until the second and more complete environmental assessment has been completed. My understanding from talking to several legislators is that the pro-35W access folks have been lobby heavily at the capital to be exempt for either one of these processes. They should be required to follow through with the same steps any other highway project has to complete. Lisa McDonald East Harriet ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 10:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] 35W Access: No environmental impact study? Dean Z and the other 4 city council members are reportedly pushing for changes in the mass transit system that would solve the problem of moving people in and out of the Lake Street area without the negative environmental impacts of the 35W access project, changes to Lake Street, and other plans to increase the capacity of major roadways in Minneapolis. At the very least I would expect these city council persons to *demand* an environmental impact statement for the 35W access project (and other road Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msncom REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
