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South Ben4 Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular M eting — August 28, 2012 <br />2. NEW OUSINESS <br />A. South Side Development Area <br />(1) continued... <br />The realignment of Fellows Street in Option <br />A takes this opportunity to remedy those <br />substandard, intersections. Doing nothing <br />leaves those intersections unaddressed, <br />Fellows and Chippewavould continue to <br />have on- street parking; arad there would be <br />no property acquisition. <br />Mr. Durr mentioned that most of the <br />attendees have seen Option A several times. <br />Option C is the next step up from the "do <br />nothing" option. Option C simply improves <br />Ireland Road from High Street to Michigan <br />Street, including a significant improvement <br />of the intersection at Fellows. The trouble <br />with the Option C is that is does not prevent <br />any of the additional traffic from using <br />Fellows as its route to Michigan Street, <br />unless access to Fellows is cut off. The <br />drawing of Option C shows the installation of <br />two cul -de -sacs to effectively close access to <br />Fellows from the south. That solution would <br />be inconvenient to neighborhood residents <br />who would have to use; indirect means to get <br />to their destinations. Ji vyould not fix the <br />substandard intersections at Teri, Barbie and <br />Chippewa. Stop signs can be can be installed <br />there, though, if needed. On street parking <br />would remain. Option C would require <br />acquisition of three properties to build the <br />cul -de -sacs. There is already a partial design <br />of the High and Ireland intersection <br />improvement completed. That High and <br />Ireland project can be a stand alone project to <br />provide better access to the <br />Martin's/Menards plaza. <br />0 <br />