This process is a farce. Why another public hearing? Neither the county nor the city have taken any of the feedback they're received so far and have no intention to do so. The design being proposed is the same "concept" design offered up last spring. "Every foot counts?" Well, it does until you ask why they can't remove one of the trails from the plan. Then the answer is "well, it really wouldn't make that much difference" (quote from the City Engineer to the homeowners). The city and county play "good cop/bad cop" with public feedback. The county will tell you that "we're only building to Woodbury's Corridor Design Standards so there's little we can do about the design," then the city tells you "well, it's the county's road and their funding, there's little we can do to influence their design." The lack of accountability on this project is a real eye-opener.

Watched part of the meeting on cable. The design was approved with only Paul Rebholz voting against after making poignant arguments to modify the design plan. It was humorous when he got the county to admit that the speed limit basically will remain unchanged after the state's review after all. We'll have to get the read from Kris.

Thanks for scooping me Paul! (; That speed limit thing is kind of a chicken and egg conversation. They do a speed study of a posted road, so people generally drive the limit. Kind of doesn't make sense. They should almost pull down the speed limit signs and then study it.