Guilford Mooring on the hot seat, reading sanitized feedback.About the only thing diffident town officials (Town Manager, DPW chief and Select Board) seemed sure of was the acrimonious "experiment" to reroute Umass traffic around adjacent neighborhoods (into of course some other neighborhoods) should continue until the scheduled September 23 end date.
Even Public Works Committee Chair Steve Braun (who just happens to live on Lincoln Avenue) backed away from declaring the barriers a success and Phil Jackson (who also lives on Lincoln Avenue) indefatigable architect of the three-year public relations campaign to smother traffic, attacked the media for singling out Lincoln Avenue while downplaying Fearing, Sunset, and McClellan streets and playing up divisiveness.
And Mr. Jackson should know something about "the media", as he is an Amherst Bulletin columnist.
The Town Manager described September 9--the first day of the 15 day experiment--as "chaotic". Guilford Mooring, DPW Chief, described some of the public comments that have come in enough "to make a sailor blush."
But this is Amherst, so the study continues...
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-----Original Message-----
From: amherstac@aol.com
To: mooringG@amherstma.gov; ShafferL@amherstma.gov; selectboard@amherstma.gov
Sent: Tue, Sep 15, 2009 5:27 pm
Subject: Public Documents Request
Could I please get copies (electronic or hardcopy) of all the public comments sent to the DPW, Town Manager, and Select Board concerning the "traffic calming" experiment on Lincoln Ave (and related streets) from the citizens of Amherst.
Thanks,
Larry Kelley
