Submitted by Scott Osburne on Tue, 10/18/2005 - 8:21pm.
What is the justification for stopping this project at NW 14th? If it's a good idea, why isn't it being proposed to go all the way to NW 23rd? As a resident of near West Burnside, I can personally vouch for the bottlenecks, lack of pedestrian crossings, limited left turn opportunties, weird triangulation to get to the north side of the street, etc.
In addition, it's ugly. I don't understand the concerns about this being a beautification project. Clean, well-maintained, efficient streets that benefit residents, businesses and pedestrians are good for the city.
Right now W Burnside is a blight. And things are only going to get worse. The new Civic building is going to bring a huge amount of new traffic to the corridor and there seems to be no planning around this. There's a new development going in at NW 23rd and Burnside...more traffic. There's the new development about Uptown Center...more traffic.
This poorly designed, poorly maintained, narrow-sidewalk, left turn restricted, over-burdened artery cannot support this. So, either stop development and channel the traffic elsewhere or create a better functioning system.
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What is the justification for stopping this project at NW 14th? If it's a good idea, why isn't it being proposed to go all the way to NW 23rd? As a resident of near West Burnside, I can personally vouch for the bottlenecks, lack of pedestrian crossings, limited left turn opportunties, weird triangulation to get to the north side of the street, etc.
In addition, it's ugly. I don't understand the concerns about this being a beautification project. Clean, well-maintained, efficient streets that benefit residents, businesses and pedestrians are good for the city.
Right now W Burnside is a blight. And things are only going to get worse. The new Civic building is going to bring a huge amount of new traffic to the corridor and there seems to be no planning around this. There's a new development going in at NW 23rd and Burnside...more traffic. There's the new development about Uptown Center...more traffic.
This poorly designed, poorly maintained, narrow-sidewalk, left turn restricted, over-burdened artery cannot support this. So, either stop development and channel the traffic elsewhere or create a better functioning system.