{"id":2738,"date":"2010-02-23T22:59:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T03:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/comment-on-the-transportation-plan.html"},"modified":"2010-02-23T22:59:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T03:59:21","slug":"comment-on-the-transportation-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/comment-on-the-transportation-plan.html","title":{"rendered":"Comment on the Transportation Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sgrc.us\/Transportation\/2035TransPlan.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.sgrc.us\/Transportation\/images\/2035partHO_thumb.jpg\"><\/a>\nThe Metropolitian Planning Organization (MPO)\ninvited people to a <a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/02\/transportation-plan-open-house-mpo.html\">Public Open House<\/a> last week\nabout prioritization of the 2035 Transportation Plan, so we went to the\nRDC offices on W. Savannah Ave. and had a look.\nYou can see many of\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sgrc.us\/Transportation\/2035TransPlan.htm\">\nthe same materials online.<\/a>\nThe MPO has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sgrc.us\/Transportation\/documents\/publiccommentform.pdf\">a comment form<\/a> you can fill out and mail to them.\nThere is also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sgrc.us\/Transportation\/ContactUs.htm\">contact information on their web pages.<\/a>\nThey are actively soliciting input.\n<p>\nOne thing I noticed was that along Cat Creek Road they are proposing several\nintersection upgrades (at Hambrick Road, New Bethel Road, and Radar Site Road)\nwhich look like they would funnel still more traffic through Hambrick Road\nto Moody AFB.\nHambrick Road and Cat Creek Road are not highways.\nState highways 122 and 129 (Bemiss Road) make a nice fast route from\nHahira to Moody.\nA few improvements at Walker&#8217;s Crossing (where 122 and 129 intersect)\nwould seem much more appropriate.\nThe MPO could request for the state to do that.\n<p>\nWidening of Old US41N is on the list again as a county project,\nthis time as far as Union Road.\n<p>\nSeveral new roads are proposed throughout the city and county\nas well as widening of many roads with additional travel or turn lanes.\n<p>\nYou can look over the list of projects and you&#8217;ll probably find ones\nto comment on.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Metropolitian Planning Organization (MPO) invited people to a Public Open House last week about prioritization of the 2035 Transportation Plan, so we went to the RDC offices on W. 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