Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Another thought on the proposed 85th street bridge

My personal thoughts on Levois' post on a proposed bridge over 85th...

1) Rather than a conduit for business to the 87th street shops, or the proposed Wal-Mart, it's more like an "escape path" for the residents, who might find 83rd much more congested, and frustrating (probably a more real reason why they are opposed to Wal-Mart)

2) Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, from what I heard form a member a year ago, bought some property near 86th & LaFayette, to build a hotel complex there. A bridge can facilitate traffic coming in from the south. The previous statements should not be considered solid fact...but something to investigate.

Whatever the case, we would really love to hear your thoughts.

1 comment:

  1. The bridge would bring all the traffic from the movie theater, church and Walmart(if built) into the Chatham comunity. Currently, State Street runs north and traffic would cross the bridge and travel north on to 83rd or 79th going eastbound. If you don't live near these streets I guess it wouldn't be of concern. Also, who is going to pay for this bridge?

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