Doug Mann wrote > Dean Z and the other 4 city council members are reportedly pushing for > changes in the mass transit system that would solve the problem of moving people in > and out of the Lake Street area without the negative environmental impacts of > the 35W access project, changes to Lake Street, and other plans to increase > the capacity of major roadways in Minneapolis. > > At the very least I would expect these city council persons to *demand* an > environmental impact statement for the 35W access project (and other road > construction projects), which means opposing the 35W access project and other major > road construction projects, and maybe reconsidering their stance after they > see an environmental impact study.
At the Transportation Committee meeting Lilligren and Zimmerman BOTH advocated for a complete Environmental Impact Statement beyond the assessment that is underway. And both voted against forwarding the proposal with any favorable finding to the council. Of course, they lost 4 to 2--one of the 2 being Gary Schiff who announced during discussion that he had received calls from both State Senator Linda Berglin and State Representative Karen Clark asking him to vote no on this issue. I have been following PRT for about 5 years and am very anxious to be able to back a serious proposal for it's use. Thank you, Dean. Steve Nelson Willard Hay REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
