tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post2969634515220736934..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: City Council, January 14th - updatedSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-8581644597952896582013-01-17T18:15:02.815-08:002013-01-17T18:15:02.815-08:00updated with change of date on Council worksession...updated with change of date on Council worksession on the Third BridgeSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-87050741736328154992013-01-15T09:17:49.941-08:002013-01-15T09:17:49.941-08:00Well, N3B certainly think it's important! Tod...Well, N3B certainly think it's important! Today <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=394625800628165&set=a.350941964996549.83659.350926584998087&type=1" rel="nofollow">they say</a>:<br /><br />"A WIN FOR NO 3RD BRIDGE! SALEM CITY COUNCIL CORRECTLY OVERTURNS STAFF AND KEEPS BRIDGE FIX OPTIONS ALIVE<br /><br />The Salem City Council on Monday night rejected the staff recommendation to transfer land near the Marion Street and Center Street Bridges from the Urban Renewal Agency to City Parks. NO 3rd Bridge's Sarah Deumling encouraged the Council to not limit bridgehead improvement alternatives by transferring the ownership, and Mark Wigg alerted the Council to the extra time and money the transfer would impose on possible improvements to the existing bridges."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-17045920191655864092013-01-13T09:57:50.650-08:002013-01-13T09:57:50.650-08:00Well, Sun-of-a-gun, as they say! I think it would...Well, Sun-of-a-gun, as they say! I think it would surprise many that Riverfront Park is not zoned a park. But you're absolutely right! The lots are all zoned "Central Business District," just like most of the land downtown. (See <a href="http://www.cityofsalem.net/Departments/CommunityDevelopment/Planning/Zoning/ZoningMaps/ZoningMaps/7322S.pdf" rel="nofollow">map here</a>.) It's good to be alert to possible maneuvering here. Thanks!<br /><br />And thanks Curt for the critique of the Springfield, MO project!Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-23517004308540790122013-01-12T19:49:59.362-08:002013-01-12T19:49:59.362-08:00The pea under the shell with the URA ==> Salem ...The pea under the shell with the URA ==> Salem deal for Riverfront is that, if those parcels are then reclassed as park land, then doing anything at the east bridgehead becomes many orders of magnitude harder.<br /><br />Thus, it may be OK to move the land under Salem proper rather than URA, but we need an absolute commitment NOT to do anything with the land that would preclude trying things to ameliorate jams at the bridgehead.<br /><br />If that property winds up as park property, cynics might suspect that the timing and result is aimed at preventing any approach to bridge congestion short of new build.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731260619465817652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-67768053274121334582013-01-12T17:22:05.300-08:002013-01-12T17:22:05.300-08:00On Kuebler widening: It looks like developers hav...On Kuebler widening: It looks like developers have proposed a diverging diamond interchange for Kuebler and I-5. An information sheet on the Springfield, MO DDI over I-44 is included. Chuck Marohn (Strong Towns) made a great (and entertaining) video eviscerating that project:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWG49xlZ_eQ<br /><br />At about 5:00 it gets funny.Curtnoreply@blogger.com