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Old 08-24-2009, 11:14 AM   #55
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I could be reading it that completely wrong.. but to me it looks like Aldermen Connelly, Colley-Urquhart, Mciver and Stevenson are bringing up reason to keep all lanes of traffic on memorial open during August 2009. That would be 4 alderman against the Farrell's idea of closing 2 lanes of traffic on every sunday in august.
No, there was no motion by Druh to have a closure, as there is no need to. That kind of stuff doesn't go through council. Like I said, You or I can go down to city hall today and pay for lanes to be closed on Memorial Drive.

This is the only motion relating to this issue. The opposers tried to use their power in council to prevent this specific festival from happening. Similar events close down more roads with greater consequences to drivers quite often in this city. It made no sense to single this one event out and say it couldn't happen. Especially when Memorial drive could easily handle Sunday afternoon traffic even with two lanes closed. Like I said, certainly not a precedent that council wants to set.
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