Comments on: More Concerns Aired on Fuller Road Station

By: Eric Boyd

Eric Boyd — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:06:12 +0000

Fantastic news!

By: Mary Morgan

Mary Morgan — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:55:45 +0000

The state trust fund grants were announced this morning (Dec. 7): All four local projects – Ann Arbor skatepark, Gallup Park canoe livery, Rutherford Pool in Ypsilanti, and the Michigan Ave. (US-12) Border-to-Border bridge project – are funded.

By: Mary Morgan

Mary Morgan — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:27:39 +0000

Re. clarifications on the Ruthven project: Thanks for noting those errors. I’ve make corrections in the article.

By: Lara Treemore Spears

Lara Treemore Spears — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:10:21 +0000

A couple clarifications on the Ruthven project: 1.) it is not a wetland mitigation project, and 2.) the trail from Geddes Road is quite nice for foot traffic; the path in from Huron Parkway is quite wet. The City is not proposing any wetland fill that could result in the need for wetland mitigation (defined as constructing a new wetland to replace filled wetland). This is entirely a sediment removal and streambank stabilization project. I realize the legal definition of “wetland mitigation” may not be apparent to all, but it is an important distinction relevant to the scope of the project and environmental cost/benefit.

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:04:21 +0000

I hear you, my brother. Since my unfortunate exile to Scio, I shudder to think how many weeks or months of my life have been spent sitting at the intersection from hell.

By: cosmonıcan

cosmonıcan — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:57:30 +0000

Thanks Rod. I felt like a dope after I posted that, but the truth is I’m not downtown-centric, I’m avoid-the-Jackson-Maple-Stadium-intersection-at-all-costs-centric. I have shortcuts everywhere, scurry down back streets, do anything to avoid traffic. If a street is posted “No Thru Trucks” I take it as an invitation to a shortcut. So, I don’t drive on Jackson or Huron enough to picture it right off.

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:37:42 +0000

I believe the Dexter intersection is the point where Huron turns into Jackson, so the description is correct, though maybe confusing for the downtown-centric.

By: cosmonıcan

cosmonıcan — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:41:52 +0000

“Rolla said the road will be reconstructed from Maple to Jackson.”

Could this be clarified? That would be from the point where Huron splits to form Dexter and Jackson, to where Dexter meets Maple, correct?

By: Mary Morgan

Mary Morgan — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:09:02 +0000

Sorry it was unclear: Yes, B2B is shorthand for Washtenaw County's Border-to-Border trail, conceived of as a non-motorized pathway across the county, generally following the Huron River. The Friends of the Border-to-Border trail has a website with more info, including maps: [link]

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:03:35 +0000

I’m really slow, just figured out that B2B is border-to-border project, right?