[Vision2020] Third Street bridge

[Donovan Arnold]

As a resident that would be impacted by this, along
with many others, I want to thank Mr. London for his
point of view and advocacy to stop motorized traffic
from connecting at the corner of 3rd street and
Mountain View Rd.

Let us look at the pros and cons on the community of
building this bridge.

1) Significant increases in traffic on 3rd street
2) Increased danger to the large number of children
playing on that street, the elementary (Lena Whitmore)
students during school hours, and the day care.
3) Reduced pedestrian access to two major city parks
4) Increased traffic accidents on the corner of Blaine
and 3rd OR $100,000 to place a traffic light
5) Dividing the neighborhood into two
6) Construction of a side walk
7) Construction of a wider road
8) Purchasing of private land to expand the road
9) Increased accidents on the corner of Grant and 3rd
and the corner of Cleveland and 3rd.
10) Hundreds of pissed off people in the neighborhoods
between Dst and 6th Street because cars will speed
through previous quiet streets where children are use
to playing safely. 

Now the pros:

1) The people on the top of hills at the end of 3rd
street can get downtown two minutes faster because
they do not have to go three blocks over to 6th
street.

2) More children would play indoors

3) Some people would have smaller yards to take of
because they would be paved for a wider road.


Donovan J Arnold




--- Bill London <london at moscow.com> 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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