tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post7108219560980735373..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Highway Capacity Expansion Sucks up Safety Resources; Third Bridge Would do SameSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-89735117545436888582014-12-31T13:27:25.024-08:002014-12-31T13:27:25.024-08:00RE: Choir Teacher in West Salem
From the SJ:
&qu...RE: Choir Teacher in West Salem<br /><br />From the SJ:<br /><br />"A West Salem High School choir teacher will not face felony charges after a Polk County grand jury declined to indict her...<br /><br />McConnell's attorney Walter Todd said in a public statement that the incident was unavoidable as the boy, riding a skateboard, collided with the rear of her vehicle. She stopped immediately and when the boy's family did not want to call 911, her husband stayed on the scene while she took her son to the high school and quickly returned to find that the boy had been taken to the hospital....<br /><br />conflicting testimony of the witnesses prompted the case to go before a grand jury. They reviewed the case for two weeks and on Monday they concluded prosecution....<br /><br />Salem Police had no comment."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-33049181136543636492014-10-06T19:52:22.937-07:002014-10-06T19:52:22.937-07:00Here's the paper's update on the fatality ...Here's the paper's update on the fatality on Center at Illinois:<br /><br />"<i>The man who was killed after being hit by a car on Center Street NE Friday night has been identified by Salem Police as 58-year-old Norberto Sonahua-Arguelles of Salem.<br /><br />According to Lt. Dave Okada, 66-year-old Maria Griest was driving eastbound on Center Street NE. When she was between Vinyard and Illinois streets NE, she struck Sonahua-Arguelles, who was apparently in the road.<br /><br />Okada said there was no indication he was using a crosswalk.<br /><br />There have been no citations or arrests at this point.<br /><br />Sonahua-Arguelles was pronounced dead at the scene. It is unknown why he was in the roadway.</i>"Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-25215555357060575732014-10-05T18:05:48.654-07:002014-10-05T18:05:48.654-07:00Curt, I thought the Salem Alternative was 4D Lite ...Curt, I thought the Salem Alternative was 4D Lite too. I think these particular Councilors thought they were voting for a small, local bridge instead of an expressway. The Sellwood Bridge came up often in their conversations as a model. But that is definitely not what Keizer, Marion County and Polk County representatives on the Oversight Team want. They still openly talk about an "expressway" and so that's what we are getting from the Oversight Team at the moment.Jim Scheppkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077003905171156283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-1040167037665576442014-10-05T08:14:12.044-07:002014-10-05T08:14:12.044-07:00Jim: I'm curious what, in the eyes of those c...Jim: I'm curious what, in the eyes of those councillors, makes this 4D lite. The only difference I can see is the lack of the "signature bridge design". Functionally it appears exactly the same as the Salem Alternative (which was 4D lite to me).Curtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-5116411050646143652014-10-04T18:07:52.738-07:002014-10-04T18:07:52.738-07:00Great post SBOB. Thanks so much for all you do. Yo...Great post SBOB. Thanks so much for all you do. You are one of the best investigative reporters in town and you do it for free. We really appreciate that.<br /><br />I would just ask that you stop referring to the latest 3rd Bridge design under consideration as the "Salem Alternative." The Salem Alternative died a long time ago. Even three members of the Salem City Council are now saying they were "betrayed" (to quote one of them) by the Oversight Team, who have basically discarded the plan that the Salem City Council approved in June 2013 in favor of something that is closer to the old Alternative 4D. The latest plan is 4D Lite, not the Salem Alternative.Jim Scheppkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077003905171156283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-42824034560501191872014-10-04T17:40:39.351-07:002014-10-04T17:40:39.351-07:00ODOT was negligent. Lack of funds due to other pr...ODOT was negligent. Lack of funds due to other projects is just an excuse. In 2006, there was a major widening and improvement project that should have included the cable and post system. ODOT had been sued a few years earlier after another fatal crossover accident occurred. They then announced that the system is "cheap and effective". They used the raised berm, which was known as the most dangerous configuration because is tends to "launch" vehicles and prevents drivers that are about to "meet" crossing vehicles from seeing their approach as early as they otherwise would. In the last 10 years, there have been 22 crossovers and high speed crossover accidents are the worst kinds of accidents. If ODOT wanted to install the system, they could easily have done so. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com