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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—August 28, 2012 <br /> 2. NEW BUSINESS <br /> A. South Side Development Area <br /> (1) Presentation concerning public safety and <br /> traffic circulation in the Fellows- <br /> Chippewa-Ireland corridor. <br /> Ms. Jones noted that the meeting would be <br /> run similar to the Commission's public <br /> hearings, except that no action will be taken <br /> at the end of the hearing. Mr. Schalliol will <br /> give the history of the project and planning <br /> for it. Mr. Durr will describe the plans that <br /> are under consideration. Following the <br /> presentations there will be time for public <br /> comments, limited to two minutes per person <br /> Mr. Schalliol noted that in 2010, the State of <br /> Indiana made a decision that it would build <br /> several pieces of infrastructure related to <br /> improvements on U.S. 31. One piece was to <br /> build a bridge from south of the U.S. 31 <br /> bypass to north of the bypass, along a <br /> Fellows Street corridor that would serve as a <br /> local reliever for traffic from south of the <br /> bypass to Ireland Road. The state is <br /> committed to this project and is currently in <br /> the process of building that roadway from <br /> south of the bypass to Ireland Road: several <br /> properties have been cleared; the right of way <br /> and the bridge pier is under construction. <br /> As a response to that, the city has engaged in <br /> a larger traffic master planning effort to <br /> determine how that piece of roadway would <br /> affect the immediate Fellows Street <br /> neighborhood as well as general circulation <br /> on the south side. In 2010, the city hired <br /> Christopher Burke Engineering to prepare <br /> early concepts for ways the city might deal <br /> with an estimated 8,000 additional cars <br /> 4 <br />