City's Short-sighted thinking on Display, Again

Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Fred Keller in 76th Street Reconstruction, City of Franklin, Mayor Tom Taylor, Ryan Creek Interceptor Project

This article is a follow-up to our August 11, 2011, editorial;  Achieving the Height of Incompetence: A not so hypothetical Case

 

Below are drawings of roadway cross-sections of the latest South 76^th Street reconstruction drawing (60% complete) and an older drawing (30% complete) which the latest proposed drawing replaces.

Here are some of the contentious issues related to the latest project drawing.

Below are drawings of roadway cross-sections of the latest South 76^th Street reconstruction drawing (60% complete) and an older drawing (30% complete) which the latest proposed drawing replaces.

Here are some of the contentious issues and question related to the latest project drawing.

1. How this “major roadway” in the latest drawing going to feed more than $1.2 billion in development in the southwest side of Franklin as Mayor Taylor proclaimed in JSOnline article Franklin: The final frontier created due to the controversial Ryan Creek Interceptor?
2. This roadway will be more unsafe than the previous design.  This is no longer a rural country road or subdivision street, this is going to become a major artery.
3. Next year, or soon after, the remainder if Highway 100 is going to be widened from the Root River to Hales Corners - Why doesn't this improvement extend through the intersection of 76th Street and Ryan Road?
4. For easier reading click the full screen button.

South 76th Street 30 Percent Cross-section Drawing

South 76th Street 60 Percent Cross-section Drawing

Please contact Mayor Tom Taylor or your Alderman with anyquestions you may have concerning this project.

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Article originally appeared on Franklin Independent Journal (http://franklinindependentjournal.com/).