TulsaNow River Forum - Send Us Your Questions!

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by Chicken Little

It might be a loaded question.  If you look at the Corridor Plan, the BNSF line runs right down the west bank, connecting Jenks to downtown.  It goes right through the planned redevelopment areas.  It's a perfect alignment, and I don't think it's heavily used for freight.  There's been no mention of this other than a few odd comments on this board...and nothing in the vote, so far as I know.  It's bummng me out.

My fear is, if we blow this opportunity to think big, we'll end up with a bunch of parking lots and strip malls all along the River.  And if we do that, we'll end up having to build a massive new Riverside Drive on the west to support them.

So, if you set the bar too low, we could end up reaching it.  And if we reach it, we could end up with a mess that is not easy to fix.  Sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy for those who lack vision.

I can't say for certain, but I believe that is primarily a "spotter" line used for shuttling rail cars around the refinery and other industries in the 41st & Elwood area.  You are correct, that would be a great use of existing transportation infrastructure to get from the Jenks area to the Tulsa part of the development.

[pmcalk]

^It's the result of so many non-connected plans.  We've got a transportation plan that includes mass transportation along the west bank of the river, but the river plan does not seem to dovetail that plan.  We also have the RedFork mainstreet program, and the Brookside plan, yet they all seem complete separate from eachother.  I am still wondering about the downtown connectors, and how that plays with the downtown plan.  I am not saying its a bad plan, but I just worry that no one looks at the bigger picture.  My greatest hope is that the new comp plan will somehow tie everything together.

[pfox]

quote:Originally posted by pmcalk

^It's the result of so many non-connected plans.  We've got a transportation plan that includes mass transportation along the west bank of the river, but the river plan does not seem to dovetail that plan.  We also have the RedFork mainstreet program, and the Brookside plan, yet they all seem complete separate from eachother.  I am still wondering about the downtown connectors, and how that plays with the downtown plan.  I am not saying its a bad plan, but I just worry that no one looks at the bigger picture.  My greatest hope is that the new comp plan will somehow tie everything together.

There may be some disconnection in some of the planning efforts here in Tulsa, pmcalk, but the River Plan and Mass Transportation planning effort we are currently undergoing is not one of them.  I promise.