Blueprint hosts public hearing on Northeast Gateway project
and last updated 2021-05-26 23:15:12-04
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Of the 16 people who chose to publicly share their thoughts on the Welaunee Boulevard Expansion Project, the overwhelming refrain was to wait before making such a long lasting and expensive decision.
The project aims to ease traffic in the northern part of Tallahassee.
It s expected to generate $104.6 million in sales and revenue, $2 million worth of car maintenance and fuel cost savings by 2025, and 650 new jobs. But people like Kathy Archibald who live in the affected area say, This road is too soon, it s too expensive, and there are cheaper alternatives.
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Leon County Commissioner Rick Minor posted this picture after Pam Hall died. He wrote, “Her love of science, facts, data and analysis was so infectious…Rest in power, Dr. Hall. You have made Leon County a better place to live. And knowing you has made me a better person and a better County Commissioner. Thank you.”
Tallahassee recently lost a passionate ecologist.
Pamela Hall earned a doctoral degree in Tropical Forest Ecology, but she was well-known as an expert and activist in land use planning, transportation, and wastewater in Leon County.
“Just a few days before she died, she was working hard on the issue with the Northeast Parkway…Welaunee Boulevard that connects basically Thomasville Road to Welaunee. She didn t quite live to see anything final, but those of us that are still here, we re carrying on and we invoke her name every day,” laughs longtime friend Kathy Archibald, who worked alongside Hall for years on growth management issues, including a ca
SAN DIEGO
Dr. Jennifer Campbell was elected San Diego’s new City Council president Thursday night, Dec. 10, in a narrow 5-4 vote after nearly seven hours of public testimony.
The vast majority of the roughly 300 residents who spoke at the meeting lobbied council members to choose Councilwoman Monica Montgomery Steppe as council president instead of Campbell.
They said Montgomery Steppe, who is Black, would be a better leader and a more effective advocate for racial justice and social equity than Campbell, who is White. Both women are Democrats.
Council members voting for Campbell were Chris Cate, Stephen Whitburn, Marni von Wilpert and Raul Campillo. Council members voting for Montgomery Steppe were Vivian Moreno, Joe LaCava and Sean Elo-Rivera. Both Campbell and Montgomery Steppe voted for themselves.