[Neighbors] ART and city council contact

Tue Mar 1 14:24:03 MST 2016

Making Lead; Coal two ways in both directions is not a solution and will not work, especially for those of us whose houses face those streets

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From: Veronica Salinas via Neighbo...
Date: Tue, Mar 1, 2016 8:21 AM
To: Anderson Robert;neighbors at nobhill-nm.com Hill;
Subject:Re: [Neighbors] ART and city council contact

I just sent this to the council:

Nob Hill residents opposed to the ART project have concerns about increased traffic on Lead and Coal.  These two roads pass through residential Nob Hill and already have speeding, drag racing, and heavy traffic issues.
The ART project should include funding to slow down traffic on Lead and Coal and thereby force east-west overflow traffic onto Gibson and Lomas.  The most obvious way to slow traffic is to turn Lead and Coal back into two lane roads (one lane in each direction).  This would also eliminate accidents due to people going the wrong way on a one-way.  Other solutions would be to narrow the lanes and provide on-street parking.  Studies show that visible obstructions are the best way to slow traffic through cities and save lives.
I know it will be difficult to swallow another Lead and Coal renovation, but clearly the most recent improvements have not slowed traffic or made these roads safer.  The ART project will only exacerbate the problem.

On Monday, February 29, 2016 7:23 PM, Anderson Robert via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

You can send a message to the city councilors at this page:
http://www.cabq.gov/council/find-your-councilor/contact-all-councilors

I just sent this message to all the council:

As more and more people learn what is in the details of this ART more and more opposition is building and a large number of people in the city would like for you as a city council to withdraw support for this plan and let's work on it better.

We need some sort of modern, not legacy type ART.  This plan has many defects and one big problem was slipped in without any consideration of the negative impacts was the using Lead/Coal/Zuni as surrogates for the traffic forced off Central with the design of the plan.

In short most people were not aware this was hidden in the plan.  People are realizing there will be large negative impacts on communities along Lead/Coal/Zuni that already have huge problems with traffic that is unmitigated.

The negative impact of this ART has not been evaluated adequately.  For one it will involve a large loss of property values for stable, community homes with families along these streets.   We will see an out migration of the very kind of families we wish to attract to these areas.  There might be lawsuits based on loss of property values as the traffic increases with all its secondary problems on the north/south streets along Lead/Coal/Zuni due to increase traffic.

The ART plan in a slight of hand tone says that Lead/Coal and by way of that Zuni also, are under utilized.  This is code for turning these present problem streets cutting through our communities into major problems.

I and many other homeowners along the route ask that you as city council review the past council's endorsement of the ART and withdraw support so more thought can be given to it by more people.

Sincerely,
Bob Anderson

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