I just like throwing the bait out there for you to chew on.KCPowercat wrote: metro...you appear to be completely ignorant to anything outside of joco or older than 5 years when it comes to this metro area.
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Guess, I'm envisioning more of a row of tiny concrete skate parks than usable green space. In order to make that a true, usable green corridor, they would need to remove most of the new bridges they just built.KCPowercat wrote: yeah let boston have more to ddo the same thing...why should kc get greenspace? F'ing insane.
I just see so many other priorities and I'm not sold that it's this or nothing. It's this because KCMO doesn't know what they are doing. KCMO should be aggressively pushing for a pedestrian bridge connecting KCMO to NKC or something like that. Just don't see how covering up a bunch of holes on 670 does anything, especially for 200 million and if they are estimating it today at 200 million, it will be 250-300 before it starts and 300-400 before it's finished.
Now the North Loop?
That's a whole different animal. It would probably be worth every penny to cap the north loop. You would gain all kinds of green space just by building retaining walls, let alone capping it because of all the land the sloping hillsides take up along the highway and the fact that the gaps between the bridges are much larger giving you more room there as well. You would actually remove a massive scar in the center of Downtown. You barley know 670 is there on the south side.
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Those weren't builds - they were temporary rebuilds because they were afraid the sidewalks were going to fall off. Most all of those bridges are scheduled for replacement in the next five years. Hence the timliness - the bridges are all due for MoDot replacement and we will be ripe for conning MoDot out of money along with the feds.GRID wrote: Guess, I'm envisioning more of a row of tiny concrete skate parks than usable green space. In order to make that a true, usable green corridor, they would need to remove most of the new bridges they just built.
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Forgive me if this is listed already somewhere in this thread - I couldn't find the info. What is the estimated cost of just replacing the bridges with no cap?
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10 millionkcjak wrote: Forgive me if this is listed already somewhere in this thread - I couldn't find the info. What is the estimated cost of just replacing the bridges with no cap?
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Oak, Locust and Wyandotte are new bridges.LenexatoKCMO wrote: Those weren't builds - they were temporary rebuilds because they were afraid the sidewalks were going to fall off. Most all of those bridges are scheduled for replacement in the next five years. Hence the timliness - the bridges are all due for MoDot replacement and we will be ripe for conning MoDot out of money along with the feds.
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Yeah and I don't think any of those are affected - I don't think they are going to ramp it up the giant elevation increase to wyandotte. and it is supposed to end at Oak. Baltimore, Walnut, Main, Grand all have to be replaced one way or the other.GRID wrote: Oak, Locust and Wyandotte are new bridges.
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Why do we need a pedestrian bridge from KCMO to NKC?
There is no fifth destination.
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To visit Harlem.
I may be right. I may be wrong. But there is a lot of gray area in-between.
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I love it. Your Governor is talking about raising taxes while you'll be giving additional tax breaks to crap like the Wizards. Your state would offer Star bonds for a new TG&Y if they were still around.
Calling a spade a spade.
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Saying you didn't want them?ShowME wrote: I love it. Your Governor is talking about raising taxes while you'll be giving additional tax breaks to crap like the Wizards. Your state would offer Star bonds for a new TG&Y if they were still around.
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Missouri also has budget woes and we're subsidizing the Chiefs, the Royals, the nearly empty Kemper arena.....ShowME wrote: I love it. Your Governor is talking about raising taxes while you'll be giving additional tax breaks to crap like the Wizards. Your state would offer Star bonds for a new TG&Y if they were still around.
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yeah, let kansas bury themselves in pro sports subsidies for once. the wizards are still in the metro.mudjack wrote: Missouri also has budget woes and we're subsidizing the Chiefs, the Royals, the nearly empty Kemper arena.....
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Fine with me as long as no KC Missouri corporations are along for the ride.DaveKCMO wrote: yeah, let kansas bury themselves in pro sports subsidies for once. the wizards are still in the metro.
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Wizards to start work next week on KCK soccer stadium
There?s still no formal development agreement, but Wizards president Robb Heineman said: ?You?ll begin to see yellow machines on site ? moving dirt, at our expense.?
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http://www.hillcrestroadblog.com/2009/1 ... -site.html
and
http://www.hillcrestroadblog.com/2009/1 ... lickr.html
Wonder if they will change the name of the blog now that it isn't going to be on Hillcrest Road. While I didn't want to see the stadium built so far away from downtown (in both KS and MO), is there any chance this could get people interested in a Wizards stadium to Truman Sports Complex rail line? I know its not likely, but a brother can dream...
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I was just wondering about the possibility of a football to futbol run.
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The main thing I'm depressed about other than the moving of the stadium site is the fact that Hillcrest Road actually was a cool, European-esque stadium name. Now the stadium will most likely be named Cerner Stadium, bleh.
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"Field in a field"
"Parallel Park" No JoCo would dare come near that.
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"Parallel Park" No JoCo would dare come near that.
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If you build it, they will come.....