wrote:
I don't know. How much would it really cost to move the road a little bit and pave some new sidewalks? The fountain might cost a little bit, but not really that much. I bet its not outside the reach of the community to come up with the money to do this...
28 January 2008 20:49:47
Lucente wrote:
Dale Davis,
It is most certainly possible, just not probable.
I have lived here 10 years and I know something like this, on this scale, will not occur.
~tjl~
It is most certainly possible, just not probable.
I have lived here 10 years and I know something like this, on this scale, will not occur.
~tjl~
28 January 2008 21:41:54
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Seems like there isn't a whole lot of ambition in Lima for some reason. That's too bad beause a lot of other cities the size of Lima are doing nice projects for there community.
29 January 2008 07:32:34
CBrown519 wrote:
It's pretty but it would significantly hamper the movement of traffic in, around and through the square.
Remember when the current Town Square island was put in? It was under Mayor Gene Joseph's watch and people in Lima were just absolutely livid that northbound traffic from the south could not go nouth through the square and vice versa. This does the same thing with east-west traffic.
It wasn't until a few years later that an alteration to the island resumed north- and south-bound traffic through the square.
Remember when the current Town Square island was put in? It was under Mayor Gene Joseph's watch and people in Lima were just absolutely livid that northbound traffic from the south could not go nouth through the square and vice versa. This does the same thing with east-west traffic.
It wasn't until a few years later that an alteration to the island resumed north- and south-bound traffic through the square.
29 January 2008 12:01:23
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Ummm, lots of cities have big circles in the center of their downtowns and I don't think they're complaining about it. Besides, you could just go north or south one block in Lima if you don't want to travel an extra few feet. Heck, North Street even has a tunnel under the tracks. I think the circle would slow traffic down which would make it safer for people walking around downtown, its like a crazy highway right now - not a great thing for a downtown environment.
30 January 2008 22:00:17
CBrown519 wrote:
Lima already has a circle in the square, or are you not familiar with our town. It's not a big one, but a circle none-the-less. It does, for the most part, slow traffic down. I've seen it. And it's a huge potential hazard, with traffic trying to go north and south sticking out into traffic trying to go east and west.
This drawing is not of a small typical circle like you find in other cities, it's a huge rectangle, a small block chopping the corners out of four other blocks.
I've never seen highway-like traffic on Main Street...Market Street's another issue. But that's because people choosing to drive through downtown aren't obeying the posted speed limit, and there's scant little speed enforcement by LPD. (A rather sore topic for me.) If LPD would actively enforce the speeds - and the square is one whole block from the police department's building - people would get the hint and either slow down or find another route.
With the perception that parking downtown is often-times trying, this could make an unpleasant visit to Lima's downtown even worse. It could prove to be counterproductive to downtown revitalization efforts. But those are only a couple of possible effects that need to be studied by experts in traffic flow and control. I'm not one of them.
This drawing is not of a small typical circle like you find in other cities, it's a huge rectangle, a small block chopping the corners out of four other blocks.
I've never seen highway-like traffic on Main Street...Market Street's another issue. But that's because people choosing to drive through downtown aren't obeying the posted speed limit, and there's scant little speed enforcement by LPD. (A rather sore topic for me.) If LPD would actively enforce the speeds - and the square is one whole block from the police department's building - people would get the hint and either slow down or find another route.
With the perception that parking downtown is often-times trying, this could make an unpleasant visit to Lima's downtown even worse. It could prove to be counterproductive to downtown revitalization efforts. But those are only a couple of possible effects that need to be studied by experts in traffic flow and control. I'm not one of them.
31 January 2008 08:34:10
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The future of downtown Lima?
Here is a video showing the vision of downtown Lima by a group of graduate students at Ball State University. No chance of it happening, but it is nice to dream.
Read details of the plans at http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=48531.
Purchase the book outlining the changes at http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/103875.
category | Lima
author | Lucente