Comments on: County council quashes foot bridge to new library

By: carlos

carlos — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:37:16 +0000

i understand the bridge is coming back for discussion due to ADA issues. Any more info on this out there?

Editor’s note: Fuck! Won’t this story ever die? Will look into it, with much reluctance. — JD (Oct 1, 2009)

By: JG

JG — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:37:09 +0000

I’m pleasantly stunned at the common sense employed here by the County council. Good decision.

By: brh

brh — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:37:45 +0000

I can’t believe so many people think crossing Wayne is unsafe… Do you go to the light & wait for it or do you just run across the middle of the road straight out of the parking garage? I cross Wayne at Fenton pretty much every day, and I’ve never felt threatened… I actually find that to be one of the most pleasant places to cross in town…

Now Wayne & Dixon, there’s another story… Something about that stretch seems to make the cars forget where the stop line is, or what red means…

By: LuvMyHood

LuvMyHood — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:00:24 +0000

Expand or rebuild the library in its current spot.
Instead of the Purple Line and all of its rezoning/bulldozing baggage, improve the bus system and crosswalks we have.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:15:23 +0000

I agree with the bridge people. There needs to be safe access to the library for everyone, period, and it seems like the bridge is the way to do that.

This is why it takes F.O.R.E.V.E.R. for SS to build anything. Darn us all for caring!

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:10:45 +0000

The County should build a pedestrian bridge and make the intersection safer…for all of the reasons so clearly stated by Woodside Park Bob.

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:57:20 +0000

We need to make sure that Wayne Avenue is safe for everyone to cross, with or without the bridge. If that is not possible, then the Council should reconsider building the library at that location.

By: J. Bernstein

J. Bernstein — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:00:06 +0000

Yes, but the more entrances to the Library the more people would use it (this according to the architects at the meeting made sense to me). And trying to make everything green (even a pedestrian bridge) is good not bad.

By: Sligo

Sligo — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:42:36 +0000

You can make a hell of a garden for $700K instead of a bridge with some potted plants.

By: J. Bernstein

J. Bernstein — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:22:43 +0000

I didn’t follow closely and didn’t understand the fuss against the pedestrian bridge – but after seeing the design ideas for it at the last design meeting (full of plantings and open look), I’m very disappointed the County Council axed it.