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on the Whittier vote:
from Minneapolis Issues Forum at http://www.mnforum.org/pipermail/mpls/2002-October/017644.html
Congratulations to Whittier residents, who last night overwhelmingly
endorsed "No-Build" as it relates to the I-35W Access
Expansion project. This is actually the second time the committee
endorsed "no-build", as the board delayed action on the
first motion until more information was available.
I believe the Access Project represents one of the first wave of
increments in a larger I-35W expansion scheme. This belief is reinforced
by the information from the Met Council. The Met Council development
plan calls for several miles of additional development along I-35
south of the metro, and when some challenged the wisdom of that
decision given capacity issues with I-35, the response was that
I-35 would be re-built to accommodate. This story was carried by
the Star Tribune about a week and a half ago. Why do some Minnesota
traffic planners continue to believe that freeways are the only
way to move traffic when it hasn't worked elsewhere??
David Piehl
Central
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