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We have the Monon Trail in Indiana (it stretches from Westfield, Indiana into Indianapolis (following a path the old Monon Railroad took). It has some densely populated and busy areas (with restaurants and parks) and some desolate areas I would not walk after dark. Overall, I think it has benefited my community. I don't know that I would feel the same way if I lived in Indianapolis.
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Thread: Where is the outrage, again.
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08-07-2018, 10:28 AM #141"He's a little bit ball-dominant, he needs to have the ball in his hands, and he's not a good shooter." Ball-dominant … isn't that a nice way of calling someone a ball hog? Where is my Jay Bilas Thesaurus?
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08-07-2018, 10:51 AM #142
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08-07-2018, 11:01 AM #143
[QUOTE=STL_XUfan;627562I cannot for the life of me figure out what the hell is taking so long to pave a path?[/QUOTE]
If I had to guess, the City is required to do an Environmental Impact Study before construction can really start. How a path over a train track affects the environment is beyond me. But you liberals are the cause we don't have our path yet.
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08-07-2018, 02:13 PM #144
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01-25-2019, 09:10 AM #145
I kind of like having this thread here as a reference.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/new...ar/2648946002/
As a quick reminder, I'm pro Wasson Way. The completed path will serve my neighborhood and I believe bring some valuable development to some long undervalued properties along the old train tracks. I'm just pissed about how the public has been guided along the way, and that our mayor has chosen his own neighborhood for this significant investment without a clear path or measure of return when other neighborhoods have equal or better investment opportunities. (The mayor lives about 0.8 miles from the Wasson Way path)
Phase two will run from Tamarack to Montgomery Road, adding another 0.7 miles to the trail (and) is expected to cost just under $3 million. It will be paid for using money allocated in last year's budget along with $944,000 in federal transportation grant funding; $800,000 from the city's railway tax credit revenue; $500,000 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources; and a $100,000 private donation from School Outfitters.
So once again, Cranley has steered $3m more tax dollars toward his pet project, putting taxpayers on the hook so far for $19 million of acquisition and construction costs of a 1.1 mile path. I've walked the current stretch more than a dozen times. Once I saw 4 other people on it. Most frequently, I see zero.
This will at least connect Norwood and the Xavier campus to Hyde Park, Rookwood Commons and to the large green space around Withrow. I expect this will actually drive some traffic and good use of the path. Is it $19 million worth?"Give a toast to my brother, hug your family, and do everything possible to live the life you dream of. God Bless."
-Matt McCormick
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01-25-2019, 10:27 AM #146
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