Tom,<br> <br> If you had some critical reading skills you would know I am all for construction when and where needed. I just think, like most people I talk to in this town, that construction should be spaced out or done mostly during the summer. <br> <br> I think starting all construction projects at the same time during the school year is bad planning and creates unneeded delays, safety risks, and frustration on commuters. <br> <br> So my suggestion would be to put in the sidewalks during the summers, and space the work out so that we don't have all the major routes in town shut down at the same time. <br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br><br><b><i>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">
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navy;">Yes, Arnold –<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I agree. The city of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> should, perhaps, make intra-city conveyance more handicap friendly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Question: How would you anticipate accomplishing this task without construction, something you have recently complained
about?<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Moscow</span></font></st1:City><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy;">"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <hr tabindex="-1" align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Donovan Arnold<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, September 06, 2006 5:35 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Pennsylvania Place</st1:address></st1:Street>; vision2020@moscow.com<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>'s terrible sidewalks</span></font><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">Penny,<br> <br> My chief complaint about sidewalks is that they are not wide enough for wheelchairs. Not to mention that when someone in a wheelchair tries to cross a street there is either no slit in the curb or on a not a wide enough slit to get up the other side. Then people park their cars on the side of the road. This forces people in wheelchairs to roll down the center of the road. Very unsafe IMHO. <br> <br> Crosswalks should be wide, WC assessable, as level as possible, and have plenty of light during the evening and early night. <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">D Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, with no sidewalks, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">and Third street</st1:address></st1:Street> with narrow sidewalks and heavy traffic are my chief concerns. <br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br> <br> <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><b><i><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style:
italic;">Pennsylvania Place</span></i></b></st1:address></st1:Street><b><i><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> <penn_place_boise@yahoo.com></span></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hey All:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I've seen on the list and the DN many complaints about the lack of sidewalks on <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mountain View</st1:place></st1:City>. How about the older parts of town? Who do we complain to?<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:
12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I walk all over town, sometimes pushing a stroller. I have noticed many high traffic streets near the downtown core with NO sidewalks on EITHER side. How can we do something about this? Shouldn't it be in the street budget?<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Example 1: On <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">West A Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, which is dang-near an arterial these days, there is NO sidewalk on EITHER side of the street between Jackson and Almon. On the north side you have the gravel lot belonging to St. John Hardware, on
the South side you have a gravel lot belonging to that Heating & Air place in the former electric railroad depot.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anyone trying to walk down A street pushing a stroller (or god forbid a wheelchair!) would find it impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Example 2: Where Lilly crosses <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">3rd street</st1:address></st1:Street>, there is a crosswalk on the west side of the
intersection - which doesn't lead to a sidewalk! It leads right into Ambassador Auto's parking lot! Now, Ambassador Auto has been kind and pulled back their autos so there is now space to walk, but back in July and August you could not walk down Lilly without walking out in the middle of the street.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pedestrian</span></font></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Friendly</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Town</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, my ass!<o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div>
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