Below: An invitation to an Open House sponsored by Hennepin County and Robbinsdale to highlight the fabulous road design plan for that City. We are all links on a chain called Highway 81, West Broadway here, and Bottineau Blvrd. along the rest of, suburban, Highway 81 to Maple Grove and beyond. We should keep track of the other chainlinks' progress in development of the Highway 81 Corridor Project. The implications for us, here, are huge as we compete, and share, with those same neighboring municipalities.
The outcome that development of our whole Northwest Commercial Corridor will bring us has positive, but also challenging, ramifications toward improving our local West Broadway Avenue; and the neighborhoods it serves. To be blunt; we have to keep up with the Jone'es; the Jones'es being the whole string of suburbs along Highway 81. Surprise, they have more combined political and monetary capital to toss around. We need to know Robbinsdale's development plans and we are invited over to our neighbor's open house. We better show up. Keith Reitman trying to help all stakeholders participate NearNorth The Official City/County announcement follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hennepin County and the City of Robbinsdale invite you to attend an Informational Neighborhood Meeting / Open House to view the proposed design for County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 81 roadway, utility and streetscape improvements within the City of Robbinsdale. Staff and consultants will be available to answer questions about the plans and property acquisition process. Utility company representatives have been invited to discuss their facilities and services. The meeting will be informal - feel free to stop by anytime between 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on July 11 at the Police and Fire building. Project Description: Date: Time: Location: Parking: Monday, July 11, 2005 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Robbinsdale Police and Fire Building 4101 Hubbard Avenue N. Lower Level Community Room Parking is available on adjacent streets Open House: Contacts: Craig Twinem Hennepin County Design Division 763-745-7653 Mike Turner SRF Consulting Group, Inc. 763-475-0010 The project consists of the reconstruction of the existing four-lane roadway to provide a new four-lane urban roadway section between Lowry Avenue and Highway 100 within the City of Robbinsdale. The reconstruction will include new roadway pavement with concrete curb and gutter, new sidewalks where appropriate, improved intersection geometry to better accommodate vehicular and pedestrian traffic, new traffic signals, service road access improvements, lighting improvements, landscaping, and gateway intersection monumentation. Roadway construction activities are scheduled to begin in April of 2006. Utility work along the corridor may begin this fall. REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
