What I'm really supportive of in this project is that it doesn't take the
frequently-taken approach of just widening the road for cars. It is much
more progressive and considers the safety and needs of cars, pedestrians
and cyclists. There will be bike lanes, sidewalks on both sides and even
attractive landscaping. If this project just turned Mt. View into a
4-lane highway, I would not support it. The landscaping will add a lot
of safety -- calming traffic and providing safety islands and buffers for
pedestrians from traffic. This plan is the nicest road plan I've seen in
years. It makes me hopeful that we won't turn all of the rest of Moscow
into wide highways and strip shopping malls. The project also creates a
little piece of linear park. Moscow needs *this* kind of development, in
my opinion. And the whole community will benefit through increased
safety, and, perhaps, an example of how a street can be made community
friendly -- even a community attraction.
By the way, the election is Tuesday, Feb. 6, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm at the
Latah County Fairgrounds.
Diane
On Tue, 23 Jan 1996, Dale Goble wrote:
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> will someone please tell why i should vote for the mountain view
> project. It seems to be a major bailout for developers who have plopped
> a lot of houses on the hills just east of the street, made a killing, adn
> now want all of us to pay for the disaster they caused.
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> dale goble
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