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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />ILRescheduled Regular Meeting— November 17, 2003 <br />6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br />H. Other <br />(1) continued... <br />Lack of minimum setbacks, lack of a buffer <br />between vehicular traffic and sidewalks, lack <br />of pedestrian orientation of any kind, are <br />elements of an obsolete infrastructure <br />system that has not met increased demands <br />over time. State Road 23, South Bend <br />Avenue between Eddy Street and <br />Twyckenham, is currently carrying 15,550 <br />cars per day, exceeding its capacity and <br />typically becoming bottlenecked at peak <br />times. Significant public investment will be <br />required to upgrade this thoroughfare and its <br />interchange with Corby and Eddy at Five <br />Points. Ms. Hughes submitted for the <br />record, a letter dated September 26, 2003 to <br />Mayor Steve Luecke from the Board <br />presidents of both the Northeast <br />Neighborhood Council and the Northeast <br />Neighborhood Revitalization Organization, <br />supporting the City's preferred plan for the <br />expansion of this segment of the State <br />highway. Unanimous consent was given by <br />these representative neighborhood boards to <br />the design supported by the Northeast <br />Neighborhood Development Area <br />Development Plan. <br />The housing stock of the Northeast <br />Neighborhood is some of the oldest in South <br />Bend, though it has not seen the <br />reinvestment other historic neighborhoods <br />closer to downtown have. The <br />neighborhood at its earliest beginnings was a <br />working class neighborhood; therefore, <br />homes were modest to start with. Today the <br />15 <br />