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Malone, Walter
From: Bozynski, Tony
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:12 AM
To: Malone, Walter
Subject: FW: Widening University Ave
FYI
I will let Bryan what is going on with the proposed amendment.
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From: Day, Bryan
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:49 AM
To: Bozynski, Tony; Beck, Steve
Subject: FW: Widening University Ave
Can either of you give me any insight on this?
thanks
From: coreen frasier [mailto:fursecl@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:41 AM
To: Steve.Weston@arkansashighways.com
Cc: Day, Bryan; Judy and Ken Gould; Mayor; Ron Rizzardi
Subject: Fw: Widening University Ave
It seems that in Little Rock, we do one step forward, and then one step back. The DOT funded a
wonderful Safe Routes to School Grant to Forest Park and now this? We have to do better in our
community to get these kids walking and biking to school again! Parents aren't going to send kids
across a widened University Ave, no matter how many traffic signs. Is this really progress? Please
think about it. Coreen Frasier
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From: French Hill <frenchhill@delta-trust.com>
To: coreen frasier <fursecl@sbcglob al. net>; J. French Hill <j frenchhill@sbcglobal. net>
Cc: Ken Gould <ksgould@ualr.edu>; Kelly Eichler <bkeichler@sbcglobal.net>; Ron Rizzardi
<rrizzardi @comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:07:17 PM
Subject: Widening University Ave
Dear Martha and Coreen,
Eric Ostermueller tells me the planning commission has approved widening Univ. Ave. south of Cantrell. It goes
to the full city board on August 4th.
There is no safe way to get kids and bikes across Univ now ... much less when the work is done. I have proposed
to him that the neighborhood and Forest Park rally to help the Lenon neighborhood obtain:
■ Traffic calming cross walk and flashing lights during school hours at top of hill to side walk in front
of Prospect building.... it seems to me that you can't cross safely at Univ. and Cantrell and you can't
make them cross at the bottom of the hill and mountain climb through the apartment complex...
although traffic planners hate mid block crossing areas.
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■ Place "share the road" and "watch for kids" signs along the street between Prospect Building
corner and Forest Park safe routes to school improvements
They make this huge investment in safe routes money and then make it harder for kids to use it on the west side
of University... go figure.
Give me some feedback and I will get Bryan Day to help figure this out. Martha, you and Kelly could really bring
clout due to the school's Safe Routes success.
Cc: Ken Gould chair BFC; Ron R BACA
7/17/2008