Main Street Bridge Ramp Closure Meeting Tonight

[Tacachale]

I am fine with the ramp removal, as long as a replacement pedestrian ramp is provided BEFORE they remove it.  What I fear is that the ramp will be removed with the promise that a new pedestrian ramp will be constructed when the Landing is redeveloped, which could be a long time from now.

+1.

[jcjohnpaint]

and a long time here, is a long time!

[Charles Hunter]

DIA CEO Aundra  Wallace was one of the presenters, and talked about redeveloping the Landing.  Did not show the latest sketches of the plain brown boxes.  Then FDOT talked about the ramp removal, and that auto traffic on the ramp is so low, it won't cause problems on the route they will have to take (Independent to Ocean to Bay to the bridge.  He said he hopes the DOT goes ahead, so the ramp is out of the way when a redevelopment opportunity comes along next.

Bill Bishop was there, and spoke about the need to do this - with a pedestrian/bike access to the bridge.  He also talked about making all the downtown streets 2-way, including Main.

Several people spoke about the need to replace the bicycle and pedestrian link.  One event promoter was concerned about traffic after special events.  One of the DOT guys said that, during the open house time they heard from many people about the desire for such a connection.

[I-10east]

In a perfect world, I would like to see a revitalized Landing plan set in stone before even thinking about tearing down that ramp, which serves BOTH auto and pedestrians. That land that the ramp is on looks very meager in terms of area; it's not like they are gonna open up all of this significant acreage. I would HATE to see the ramp torn down for no reason, with nothing freaking even built on the land. As far as any pie in the sky new pedestrian access on Independent Drive? Yeah, that would be at Bay & Main.

[_stevewilliams]

lets just close the entire bridge and make the bridge pedestrian?