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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 /> quite clear that we need to do what the <br /> engineers presented to you more than 4 <br /> months ago. <br /> Plan A has been surveyed, planned and is <br /> ready to go. Why waste more time and <br /> money to go and do something different? <br /> Why have a new bridge lead to a dead end <br /> road? Why close off a road already used by <br /> more than 4,000 cars a day? Why force all of <br /> the people in our neighborhood out onto <br /> Michigan St to get to Ireland Rd? Seems like <br /> a recipe for more accidents and headache. <br /> It seems obvious that Fellows St needs to <br /> remain a through road and needs to be <br /> improved. The population south of Ireland <br /> Rd is growing and we need an improved road <br /> to use. Making everyone use Ireland Rd from <br /> the south would make it another Grape Rd. It <br /> would be a huge inconvenience for all living <br /> here and using these roads everyday. <br /> Please do what is the right thing for the <br /> southside an go with the original plan A. We <br /> need the park space, we need the bike path, <br /> we need the sewer and storm water systems <br /> improved and we need the Fellows/Teri/ <br /> Chippewa intersections fixed. <br /> This has created a lot of stress and anxiety <br /> for the many of us that have been in favor of <br /> this since the beginning. We had all been <br /> planning for this since the beginning of this <br /> year and for a handful of people to create <br /> such a delay for the project at the last minute <br /> was very unfair to us. Where were all the <br /> 47 <br />