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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—September 13, 2012 <br /> 6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br /> F. South Side Development Area <br /> (1) continued... <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 /> Thant means it will have overgrown and <br /> weed infested land next to it instead of <br /> manicured lawns. One of the things that <br /> makes Erskine Golf Course pleasant is that <br /> stretch of the golf course with houses along <br /> it. And these houses and others planned for <br /> demolition are among the nicest in the <br /> neighborhood and pleasant to drive by. <br /> Reshaping the streets in the neighborhood <br /> will have a very detrimental effect beyond <br /> the homes to come down. People will be cut <br /> off from one another, the houses will be off <br /> from the platted land as it is now, and such <br /> destruction inevitably leads to further decay. <br /> When neighborhoods are cut through with <br /> major roads, patterns of neighborliness, <br /> walking, and child play are detrimentally <br /> affected. <br /> This is a strong, secure, pleasant, working <br /> class area which has not succumbed to the <br /> 44 <br />