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Originally Posted by Vorkuta
Time will tell THAT story. I really don't see masses of people avoiding the area. I'm just not sure what can really be done in the situation... tacking 25m on would be impossible.
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Originally Posted by Sunnybrae
I never realized the importance parking structures served until I read these latest comments. I'm surprised that Dawn Arnold would not be in this same mindset. Maybe for the politics of it all, it's too much of a political hot potato now. I don't know if doing the right thing would be political suicide for her career. Saying "Oh, we need another 20, 40 or 60 million to fix this." would be a hard pill to swallow.
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I understand the situation, and it's lack of a positive outcome. It's the exact Damned if you do, damned if you don't senario.
People want bike lanes, better transit, and parking but if the city puts up the money to do it people will get upset, and could be political suicide not only for the Mayor but most city hall employees that might be close to this even by the "10 foot pole standard"
I'd put a 20 Million dollar price tag to the project because the closest estimates to what a parking structure, on what can be considered flat land has been guestimated at 17 million. We can not forget the land cost if the city does not already have land, and the fact we would probably need more then one parking structure to cover downtown parking.
Public Transportation the city still has busses that should probably be replaced in the next few years, and that aswell would cost money as well and the only people who are probably not on the verge of complaining are the current public transit users. Non users I'm not sure would understand how in bad shape some of the busses curently are.
Bike lanes also you need money it's not just taking out the curent lines on roads, and painting in new ones the situation would need to be assest to minimise impact on current traffic, safety concerns, and also without minimising the efficientcy of use of bike lanes. Then you cant forget about the time it takes city employees to remove any lines curently in the area of the new bike lane, and painting the lanes in.
all this work could pay off in the end but does the cost, and need warent it being done in such a way.
It needs to be done but I do agree with the way people think, and sometimes act it might just be political suicide for Mayor Dawn Arnold, and Maybe city hall staff encluding councilors as well.