91 & Yale Development

[Townsend]

"Right now, if you look up from the Creek in the morning, you see cars stacking up because of this bottleneck."

That is shockingly untrue.

6 lanes though?  Holy cats, I have some friends in those neighborhoods who will be displeased.

[sgrizzle]

Four of the widening projects on the list, including the top three, are in Councilor Phil Lakin's District 8.

"Addressing this was a major part of my campaign platform (when running for office in 2011)," he said.

"It's a quality-of life issue, it's an economic development issue, and it's a public safety issue."

You know I would've run his campaign for far less than he paid Karl Ahlgren to just copy mine....

[sgrizzle]

That is shockingly untrue.

6 lanes though?  Holy cats, I have some friends in those neighborhoods who will be displeased.

Not surprising since it is 6 lanes north of 81st and south of 91st.

[Red Arrow]

6 lanes though?  Holy cats, I have some friends in those neighborhoods who will be displeased.

Might as well go for 6 lanes now as do 4 and need to do it again in 5 or so years.  I wish Memorial was still horse and cow pastures but I didn't get any say in the matter.  With all the crap development south of the turnpike, more than 4 lanes were needed.

[Gaspar]

The good thing is that because the road is elevated above the neighborhoods, sound won't be an issue.  It's when you build a road (The Creek) in a valley that you get the "loudspeaker effect" that amplifies the noise.  

I wonder if there is a wall planned though?

[Townsend]

Might as well go for 6 lanes now as do 4 and need to do it again in 5 or so years.

No need for 4 lanes now.  A turn lane?  Maybe.

If the road is sliding off the hill now, I guess a tunnel would be kinda cool.  We need more tunnels.

[Red Arrow]

No need for 4 lanes now.  A turn lane?  Maybe.

If the road is sliding off the hill now, I guess a tunnel would be kinda cool.  We need more tunnels.

A tunnel would be cool since it would remove the grade issue for a real (steel wheels on steel tracks) trolley to run up Yale from 121st or even across the river.

[Conan71]

This has been on the table for 8-10 years.  A friend of mine works for what used to be known as the Benham Group.  He was on the team that did the engineering studies and original drafts of the plan some time back.

[Townsend]

Keo opens Monday per TW.

[Townsend]

Sign for a CVS "coming soon" on the SW Corner.

Not exciting but that's more than I knew yesterday.

[Teatownclown]

Sign for a CVS "coming soon" on the SW Corner.

Not exciting but that's more than I knew yesterday.

We covered that months ago.

That avatar of yours is distracting....

[Townsend]

We covered that months ago.

Yeah, couldn't remember.  What else is going in?  Got a refresher?

That avatar of yours is distracting....

Yes, yes it is.

[davideinstein]

Late July.

[Townsend]

Late July.

Where, in the development, will your shop be?

[Townsend]

The concrete crews came through and did a wonderful job on the business entrances on the South side of 101st and Yale and a nice job on the drainage canals.  I was really impressed.

Then the asphalt crew came through and jacked it all to Hell.  Wow, they did a horrible job.  They didn't smooth the asphalt at all going into the businesses and now when those folks are leaving it's a big bump to get out.

That was a lot of money to spend for a half-assed job from a contractor.