April 5th could be a day in Broadway Corridor infamy. Residents contend Mayor and Council wants to approve the Broadway Corridor 30% design plan apparently against their will. City transportation and the RTA seem to be in neighborhood quicksand. The upcoming vote is a key milestone for final acquisitions of historic business and residential properties slated for full or partial removal. Local residents and neighborhood leaders see the widening as a damaging vanilla colored 6-lane widening between Eulid and Country Club. The Broadway Coalition, a citizens group representing surrounding neighborhoods asks that you attend the crossroads event on April 5th, 5:30PM, @ Mayor & Council chambers, 255 W. Alameda. A public plan display preceding the vote is a week earlier on March 29th, 5:30PM, 450 S. Tucson Boulevard. More here: Broadway Improvements
A meeting of 25 neighborhood leaders was hosted by the resident based Broadway Coalition at the Ward 6 office on March 21st. The meeting was intended to mobilize city wide support to turn down the 30% plan, ahead of M&C’s vote. The coalition says the Broadway needs to be done right or not at all; that the improvement wastes 76 million dollars of tax money. It damages local businesses and historic context along the Sunshine Mile. Please view the Broadway Coalition Website (more…)
Bill Ford
Urban University Interface.com 