I have written before about the unbuilt East Central Business District Bypass [ECBD]. Sibley and Jackson Streets are serving in that role because we have never gotten around to building the ECBD.
In the meantime we find ourselves frequently closing off or blocking off Jackson and/or Sibley for numerous civic events such as parades, basketball tournaments, and now bicycle races.
Trucks that we don’t want on I-35E [but only on the other side of town since nobody thinks it improper to have them bothering East Side and North End people] have to use this ersatz bypass. And if we have something going on down in Lowertown that gets in their way, well, I guess that is just their tough luck.
I heartily suggest that until we are willing to finish our part of the deal and build the ECBD bypass that we place a moratorium on anything which closes off Jackson or Sibley.
It seems just fair.
We’ve been dribbling on this too much already.
Earlier post: ECBD? What's that? [7-14-08]
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