Star Tribune Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:51:57 GMT
Central Corridor: Cost concerns put Plan B in driver's seat
The lack of options doesn't surprise Nancy Rose Pribyl, who works down the street from Rosvold's Campus Pizza and heads up the Stadium Village Commercial Association. The officials who collected public feedback seemed as though they were listening with iPods in their ears, she said: "I felt very much as though their opinions were likely already formed." Peter Bell, chairman of the Met Council, summarized his group's predicament this way: Federal officials encourage listening, but they don't provide the money or mechanisms for many of the desires to come true. The ambitions of the line and the complexity of the decisionmaking process have left transit riders, drivers, taxpayers and even leaders with questions, so here's a look at what we know ahead of Wednesday's big decision. Of course, as one Met Council member pointed out last week, with only one viable choice on the menu, the big decisions may already have been made.
[[keywords: LandUse;PublicWorks;Living;Metro;]]
No comments:
Post a Comment