[Mpls] Response to Peter McLaughlin

[Lisa McDonald]

During my tenure on the City Council during the very early days of this 
discussion, the common knowledge was always that the County, Mayor, Abbott 
Northwestern, Wells Fargo and the Met Council were for this fly-over because 
it would so to speak, "beam these employees into the mother ship", as 
opposed to having to drive through the neighborhood. At that time, and now, 
I was very much against the fly-over because I believe when people see the 
size of it they will have a bird. I remember Peter and I having an argument 
at a public meeting about the flyover. I indicated that I was against it. He 
not so politely indicated I should keep my opinions to myself.

You will note that there is no scale model of this project despite frequent 
requests. The reason is, if people saw the scale of the flyover, in 
relationship to their neighborhood they would probably be against it. Having 
been the director of the Lake Street Council when the business community 
first requested better Lake Street-35W access I can tell you this is not 
what they had in mind. The business community only wanted exit and entrance 
ramps on both sides of Lake Street.

The irony of all of this is that other city's like Milwaukee and Los Angeles 
have torn these flyovers down. For a lot less money we could beautify the 
neighborhood and make the driving experience pleasant not only for us, but 
for employees of Abbott Northwestern and Wells Fargo also.

Lisa McDonald
East Harriet


>From: "Editor@PulseTC" <Editor@PulseTC.com>
>To: mpls@mnforum.org
>CC: edfelien@edfelien.com
>Subject: [Mpls] Response to Peter McLaughlin
>Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 14:38:20 -0500
>
>Thank you for responding to my letter.
>
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