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Letter: Historic Shreveport area deserves less obstructive poles


I am writing to you to voice my objections to the industrial style traffic light poles on Line Avenue in front of Kings Highway Christian Church and C. E. Byrd High School. 
Byrd High School and Kings Highway Christian Church are on the National Register of Historic Places and are important and iconic buildings in Shreveport. 
Shreveport’s Public Works Department has constructed these light poles, ignoring the city’s policies in the Unified Development Code and the Master Plan about placing new structures in historic areas. The city ignored the regulations that its citizens are required to uphold. 
I live five blocks away from this intersection in the Highland Historic District, and I drive by it daily. The color, style and placement of the poles have a negative impact on this area aesthetically and economically and are a quality-of-life issue.  ....

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