Closing Off Cherry Street
On October 6th a commenter at this post asked me if I knew anything about closing off a block of Oak Street downtown and turning it into a parking lot. I replied that I hadn’t heard anything about it.
Now it turns out that on October 9th the Planning Commission approved a request from the City of Port Angeles to close off Cherry Street from the alley (near the Peninsula Daily News) north to Front Street. The City Council will be discussing this on Tuesday, October 23rd.
Whatever the advantages or disadvantages to this idea, some questions come to mind: something about the Farmers’ Market and how it got run out of town on a rail because they couldn’t close off one block of Laurel Street for three hours just once a week. And yet just two blocks away they can close part of a parallel street and everything will be just hunky dory.
Any theories?
Now it turns out that on October 9th the Planning Commission approved a request from the City of Port Angeles to close off Cherry Street from the alley (near the Peninsula Daily News) north to Front Street. The City Council will be discussing this on Tuesday, October 23rd.
Whatever the advantages or disadvantages to this idea, some questions come to mind: something about the Farmers’ Market and how it got run out of town on a rail because they couldn’t close off one block of Laurel Street for three hours just once a week. And yet just two blocks away they can close part of a parallel street and everything will be just hunky dory.
Any theories?
Labels: Cherry Street, City of Port Angeles, Laurel Street, Oak Street, Planning Commission, Port Angeles City Council, Port Angeles Farmers’ Market
posted by Tom Harper at 7:04 PM
8 Comments:
Ye gads man, its as plain as day. Closing the street influences the elk and banana slug migration patterns through the center of Port Angeles forcing them offshore into row boats and small sailing craft.
Its about saving human lives!!!
Yeah, how about several members of City Council have received donations from said Docs and now it's pay back time.
I got the email yesterday they are calling for the street closure siting that it is a redundant collecter with limited functionality. Streets by their very nature are limited this one happens to connect two one way streets downtown and house at least 10 parking spaces. Jeez who do you have to know around here! I'd love to have an additional 10 parking spaces at my business, ones that I don't have to pay for.
guess Edna isn't threatened by THAT street closure, as she was by the farmers market......
Dude, you said Edna!
My guess is her hands are tied.....
Hummmm
I notice Edna (Dude!) is not running around downtown, petition in hand, forcing merchants to sign ... "you're either with us or with them."
ooh, "hands are tied" now all that needs to happen to complete that vision is the concept of a "ball gag"
Those property owners on the 200 block of West First Street must not have as much clout as a certain other unnamed property owner on Laurel Street.
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