Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Municipal hypocrisy shifts into unmistakable gear with 20 mph speed limit on Rosenbarger Allee, sidewalk repair rationalization.

Where the rest of us live.

Wes Christmas thought it through, and now the traffic displaced from Main will "whiz" even faster on Spring, and as the sincerely myopic Mr. Hawkins correctly notes, it's the city's responsibility to enforce it.

But, as we know, Main Street is "special," and those residents who live along Market, Spring and Elm, who have brought precisely this same complaint before city officials numerous times before as it pertains to the situation on their streets, continue to be ignored.

And Jeff Gahan's team cannot begin to explain why, and has not even tried. 

Then there's the sidewalk upgrade issue presented by Bill Cash, who evidently does not live close enough to Rosenbarger Allee to merit the lavishness.

If I have any say in the matter while writing the history of New Albany's contemporary era, Warren Nash's quote in response to Cash will never be forgotten: "That’s our goal. To not have blighted areas."

Really, Warren? If so, the scale by which you'll be graded might not resemble the curve you assume. 

But that's okay. As long as the Democratic Party doesn't give a damn, why should you, or for that matter, anyone else?

Speed limit lowered to 20 mph on Main Street in New Albany

Speed limit lowered to 20 mph on Main Street in New Albany; Affected area includes work zone

By Chris Morris (Tuscaloosa Plain Dealer)

 ... Wes Christmas, with Clark Dietz Inc. — the engineering firm which designed the East Main Street improvement project — asked the New Albany Board of Works on Tuesday to lower the speed limit from 30 mph to 20 mph in the work zone, from East Fifth Street to Vincennes Street. The board unanimously approved the request (after) J.B. Hawkins, who lives off East Main Street, told the board he was concerned with vehicle speed with construction crews working nearby.

“People need to get in the habit of slowing down on Main Street,” Hawkins said after the meeting. “People are still whizzing down Main. Now it’s a matter of the police department enforcing it.”

Dude, couldn't you just buy a house by the Culbertson Mansion?

Resident raises concerns about sidewalk conditions in New Albany

Resident raises concerns about sidewalk conditions in New Albany; Man calls stretch of East 18th Street one of the worst in city

By Daniel Suddeath (Coupon Digest of Montgomery)

NEW ALBANY — Sandwiched between East Main Street and the Ohio River, New Albany resident Bill Cash said a stretch of roadway needs sidewalks and other improvements ...

... With the city undertaking a $2.3 million improvement project to East Main Street, Cash said other areas should also be considered for upgrades.

“If you could do a whole street of Main Street, can’t you do one block of 18th Street,” he asked ... Warren Nash, president of the New Albany Board of Public Works and Safety, said the city has the opposite aim.

“That’s our goal. To not have blighted areas,” he said.

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