tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post6787208814563099932..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: MPO Subcommittee Moots Sidewalks vs. Third Bridge for 2018-2023 CycleSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-51311972642183312952016-06-11T18:55:03.939-07:002016-06-11T18:55:03.939-07:00Susann: Thanks for posting that. Before there was ...Susann: Thanks for posting that. Before there was SKATS there was SATS, the Salem Area Transportation Study, and, as chair of the Planning Commission, I served on the overall SATS Coordinating Committee. We took the funds that were to be for an I-405 freeway bypass and we decided we needed a series of road projects instead. So we created the Liberty Commercial Couplet, the Salem Parkway, Cordon Road, and Kuebler Boulevard instead. Limited funds, so additional lanes would have to be funded in the future. However we had comprehensive plans for a Beltway boulevard, that included two river crossings (bridges), one from Chemawa Rd west across to West Salem. Another as a continuation of Kuebler, west across the river to Highway 22. Traffic counts and topography did not justify these huge projects, and there was no funding anyway. We had 3 trillion in overseas wars that needed our treasure. GeoffAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677442051991327583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-6341877861399421412016-06-11T18:34:46.268-07:002016-06-11T18:34:46.268-07:00I wish that more people knew how important this co...I wish that more people knew how important this committee really is to what gets done for our transportation system. I used to be on the SKATS Citizen Advisory Committee and we were supposed to help with community outreach. It was a real struggle to get staff to consider any form of public education...beyond the bare minimum that the federal government required...which was basically one mailer once a year to local groups and a press release. Sigh....Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.com