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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—September 13, 2012 <br /> its uniqueness, and people seem to handle it <br /> just fine. <br /> The state is already destroying much of <br /> Gilmer Park, a neighborhood outside South <br /> Bend, the city should have no part in making <br /> fewer places for working class families to <br /> live. <br /> A connection from the state's new bridge <br /> over the by-pass on Fellows to Michigan <br /> Street is not needed. Indeed, a turn onto <br /> Ireland and then to Michigan is easy to <br /> manage. Michigan Street will continue south <br /> under the by-pass. Access for out-of-towners <br /> will be unimpeded. The Fellows Street <br /> bridge users should be mainly local drivers <br /> who can easily manage either driving slowly <br /> through a nice neighborhood for the pleasant <br /> nature of it or turning onto Ireland either to <br /> access the businesses there or come up <br /> Michigan Street into town. <br /> Why must transportation planners scoot <br /> people through the city? Actually, most of <br /> the streets in and out of South Bend are not <br /> speedways. Portage Avenue is 20 miles per <br /> hour for much of its length, yet it is a major <br /> thoroughfare. I have no problem traveling it; <br /> no one else seems to either. Pleasant Street, <br /> which I use to make my rare visits to <br /> Mishawaka, was made narrower when it was <br /> resurfaced. Miami Street is wide but only 30 <br /> mph; Ironwood was widened but never <br /> carried the anticipated traffic and remains a <br /> 30 mph street. The major corridors are <br /> sufficient to make access to South Bend from <br /> any direction easy and enjoyable. <br /> We are told that this road will have public <br /> right of way land between it and the golf <br /> course and in other areas along its route. <br /> 38 <br />