As I fidgeted in my car, breaking on and off in tune withthe slowness of the backed up traffic to get through the famed Flowerpot intersectionthis morning, I reflected on the future of South Lincoln and our many recent heateddebates about developing dense housing along this throughway-- what thenumbers should be and whether 50 or 100, 200 or even 750 new Condo’s would bethe answer for the so called “revitalization of South Lincoln”. I glanced atthe long line ahead of me, the one lane in either direction and calculated inmy head the actual width of Lincoln road. Not much room for a bike lane, Ithought. With all those new condo’s would the road have to be widened to ease the traffic? Wouldthe houses occasionally so close to the road be taken by the Town as eminentdomain and some of the land in front of others also seized by the Town? Would alarge looming traffic light replace the flowerpot and a museum be created inthe empty Bemis Hall to house these relics and pictures of the past? I imaginedthe line of cars stretching as far down the road as the stationless traintracks and one to two unlucky cars sandwiched onto the track as the trainapproaches. Could all this happen if we don’t carefully think of theimplications of promoting zoning changes for the opportunity to have more denselypacked housing complexes that surely will contribute to the atmosphere of ourprized Town Center? All of this was going through my mind as I slowly approachedthe Flowerpot and turned right. Where were those people doing the trafficsurvey this morning?
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