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Originally Posted by SebC
For the purposes of people attending the event is really doesn't matter. Either way, right next to the lanes that are closed for your enjoyment are two lanes of congested traffic.
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People are complaining about closing Memorial.
If closing 2 of the lanes resulted in a 5 minute drive becoming an 8 minute drive by then no big deal.
If closing 2 of the lanes resulted in a 5 minute drive becoming an 35 minute drive by then some sort of a better plan needs to be arrived at.
The people that actually lived there didn't seem to mind. And if it didn't have much impact on the people driving by then I won't see a problem with it.
But it just seems like a whole lot of arguing in this thread and I am just trying to figure out how big of an issue it really is without all the hyperbole.
And from what I recall, the plan was to just shut Memorial for 4 Sundays, and when there was a backlash it became one Sunday and a festival was conceived. Definitely struck me as a hamfisted way of trying to do it.