Lisa McDonald is right to point out that the businesses along 38th. Street will likely lose their on-street parking once the ramps from 35th and 36th. are relocated to 38th. I suspect that even the additional lane space accorded by removing that on-street parking may not be sufficient to accommodate all the traffic from 35th. and 36th. Streets. Although I have not heard whether there are plans to widen 38th., my guess is that the city will eventually have to do so.
Despite what many City Council Members claim, 38th. Street is not strictly a "commercial corridor": it also contains 3 schools, a handful of churches, several community and nonprofit organizations (including Sabathani), and thousands of residential housing units. The decision many years ago to locate the ramps on 35th. and 36th. Streets resulted in a real tragedy: the city not only destroyed homes, but it decimated neighborhoods and communities. But let's not pretend that moving the ramps to 38th. is going to have minimal impact. The relocation of those ramps to 38th. will also destroy neighborhoods and communities and carve up yet one more segment of south Minneapolis. Liz McLemore Bancroft neighborhood 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
