Comments on: Ypsilanti Cross Street http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/06/26/ypsilanti-cross-street/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ypsilanti-cross-street it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Designated Conservative http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/06/26/ypsilanti-cross-street/comment-page-1/#comment-67841 Designated Conservative Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:08:04 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=66624#comment-67841 If the curb cuts in Ypsilanti were being paid for with CDBG dollars I would be far more aggravated about them, since using CDBG funds to pour concrete is a sad waste. However, so was the Obama Administration’s ARRA “stimulus” super-borrow-and-spend program that brought this this project. More would be done to help Cross St. businesses, Depot Town, and the Midtown neighborhood by spending the few dollars needed to make Cross St. and Huron St. two-way than will ever be gained by all of this concrete….

…and unlike Ann Arbor apparently, we in Ypsilanti already had very nice ADA-compliant curb ramps all along this street – fairly new ramps that were summarily ripped out for this mega-do-over.

]]> By: Leah Gunn http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/06/26/ypsilanti-cross-street/comment-page-1/#comment-67840 Leah Gunn Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:55:45 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=66624#comment-67840 The others are paid for by CDBG.

]]> By: Bonnie http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/06/26/ypsilanti-cross-street/comment-page-1/#comment-67826 Bonnie Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:59:15 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=66624#comment-67826 The curbcuts, bumpouts, etc on Cross Street in Ypsi are not being paid for from the CDBG funds, or as a result of the CIL settlement. They’re part of an MDOT Transportation Enhancement grant project. More details can be found here: [link]

]]> By: Leah Gunn http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/06/26/ypsilanti-cross-street/comment-page-1/#comment-67824 Leah Gunn Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:12:37 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=66624#comment-67824 That’s “Block” not “Black” – from the Queen of the typos – sorry!

]]> By: Leah Gunn http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/06/26/ypsilanti-cross-street/comment-page-1/#comment-67821 Leah Gunn Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:35:43 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=66624#comment-67821 Yes. The Ypsilanti curb cuts are being paid for by Community Development Black Grant money provided by HUD through the Urban County. Ann Arbor is under a consent decree to put in the curb cuts because the city was sued by the Center for Independent Living. The curb cuts must meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The curb cuts in down town Ann Arbor are being paid for by the DDA. Is there some problem with supplying access to disabled people?

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