[Vision2020] Third Street bridge

[Kit Craine]

Great idea, especially since Staff focused on the improvement in 
bike/walker access during the hearing before Council; vehicular traffic 
was barely mentioned.

Kit Craine

On Aug 18, 2005, at 3:29 PM, Bill London wrote:

> The City of Moscow seems intent on extending Third Street over 
> Paradise Creek between Blaine and MountainView.  The result of that 
> bridge construction will be more cars, driving faster, coming from 
> places like Pullman, all the way up Third to MountainView.
>  
> While I can understand how that bridge will make traffic flow better 
> through town, I hate to see increases in both the number of cars and 
> their speed by the high school, East City Park, and Lena Whitmore 
> Elementary School.   Even worse is the idea of widening Third, 
> trashing the trees along that route, and sending more traffic through 
> the Blaine Manor apartments and endangering all the kids who live and 
> play there.
>  
> How about this compromise?  Build a bridge to connect Third Street but 
> make it wide enough for bikes and foot traffic only.  That would 
> demonstrate that Moscow is serious about non-motorized access 
> and provide a great link between downtown and the eastern part of 
> Moscow.
>  
> BL
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