Highway 61 reconstruction
Letter: Let principles guide Highway 61 decision
Apr 6, 2017
To the editor:
The status of Highway 61 three lane versus four lane is hopefully coming to a conclusion on April 10.
First, my focus in writing this letter is not to express my personal opinion or to directly lobby for or against the highway 61 issue. By this time I believe the mayor and City...
Letter: Choose three lanes for Highway 61
Apr 6, 2017
To the editor:
Much has been written about the pros and cons of the three vs. four lane options for the improvements to Highway 61.
As an architect and engineer by background it is clear to me that pedestrian and vehicle safety, traffic calming, and the long term financial interests of our...
Highway 61 money meeting is Monday
Mar 29, 2017
A special City Council meeting to compare financing options for Lake City’s portion of upcoming work on Highway 61 will be Monday, April 3.
City Admininstrator Mark Sievert said the council will look at details of the cost of the two options before the city council -- a reduction of the highway...
Letter: When it comes to Hwy. 61 info, consider the source
Mar 29, 2017
To the editor:
President Franklin Roosevelt’s famous statement, “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself!” seems to be very applicable to some people and their comments about the 2020 Highway 61 project.
In his most recent letter to the editor, all Tom Heffernan did was encourage fear. In...
Letter: Three lanes, one wise investment
Mar 29, 2017
To the editor:
My wife and I own both residential and commercial property in Lake City. Having spent the last 40 years helping to lead a company that engaged change, I fully understand that change can be difficult to accept at times. Without change though, we would not have become the leader/...
Letter: Three-lane idea is scary, insane
Mar 22, 2017
To the editor:
Citizens of Lake City beware, there is a monster lurking around us. The monster is the idea of reducing our four-lane highway to a 1920s two-lane Model T road with a center turn lane at a cost to Lake City residents of about $2 million.
Yes, that’s $2 million. With about 2,500...
Hwy. 61 financing meeting is April 3
Mar 16, 2017
Aside from three speakers who addressed the City Council during the public forum, discussion about the fate of the four-lane segment of Highway 61 in Lake City was minimal during the council’s regular meeting March 13.
The council did, however, schedule a workshop meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday,...
City Council gives Highway 61 plans a close look
Mar 9, 2017
City Council members went in-depth on just about everything but the money as it relates to the two options for the future of Highway 61 in the city.
The Monday-night workshop meeting compared the safety, durability, traffic volume, aesthetics of the highway’s current four-lane configuration with...
Letter: With Hwy. 61 decision looming, is council member in too deep?
Mar 9, 2017
To the editor,
Monday night’s council workshop involving Highway 61 was interesting and continues to better identify the pros and cons of either maintaining the four lanes or converting to three lanes.
One of the more interesting aspects actually occurred after the meeting, when I bumped into the...
Letter: Three-lane proposal is 'extraordinary stewardship'
Mar 9, 2017
To the editor:
Over the past month several of the council members have asked for my opinion on the conversion of Highway 61 from four lanes to three. One year ago I had no opinion on the matter but after much contemplation and study, I have arrived at the following conclusions.
By a fluke of...
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