Oak Street Bridge Crowd Not Quite Unanimous
While most of those in attendance Wednesday seemed to favor replacing the bridge, several voiced support for a County Line underpass.
Though a collective groan came from the Memorial Hall audience when the County Line Road underpass price tag was announced Wednesday evening at an Oak Street Bridge community meeting in Hinsdale, several attendees stepped to the microphone in support of the pricier option. "What we have to look at is, what is the best solution for the whole? What is the best solution for our town?" Hinsdale resident Dan Bryan said. Bryan said an underpass does not have to make County Line a high-speed thoroughfare, like many worry it would, and a replacement bridge at Oak Street, the other option being considered, will increase traffic through town, as well. According to village manager David Cook, the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad has said they …
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Joe O'Donnell
4:19 pm on Sunday, October 30, 2011
Hey Bruce. Folks favoring the underpass at the meeting talked negatively about how Hinsdale's roads are the same as they were more than 100 years ago and that perhaps the Hinsdale needs to start thinking differently about car travel, and this would be a good spot to start. What do you think about that point of view? more ›