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Minutes for the Master Street Plan Committee meeting for September 25, 2014
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Members present: Mike Cameron, Marvin Day, Ann Garner, Eugene Holloway, Ben Owens (chair), Bill Smith and Councilman John Street
Members absent: Jim Abel, Josh Brown, Paul Hoelscher, Robin Nix, Sr. and Garry Tate
Chairman Owens explained changing the Master Street documentation to the Little Rock format as decided as a previous meeting is taking longer than expected. That will be forthcoming at a future meeting.
City Engineer Craig Light presented the committee with a new proposed Master Street Plan Map that doesn’t include the greenway since the map was hard to read with the greenway on it (see attached). This map is just roads with a timeline of the next 25 years. They took the drawing Mr. Tate prepared and overlayed them on the existing Master Street Plan map. Some of it matches up with what is on the Master Street Plan map now. Discussion was held concerning the overlay. It was noted that Patrick Street is being shown as a road that is a future major roadway, but has not been classified as what type it will be. He stated they suggest Patrick Street being a collector street (a three-lane road) for the 25-year planning period.
Mr. Cameron questioned what changes have been made. Mr. Light explained at this point it’s mostly updates. For instance, Caraway Road is currently being shown as a principal arterial, but they proposed changing it so Caraway Road south of the bypass will be a minor arterial (four-lane roadway) in the 25-year timeline. He noted there are several other changes. They handed out a list of the changes at a previous meeting.
Mr. Light then discussed a change on the proposed Master Street Plan to Commerce Drive. They propose to change Commerce to an eastern arterial route. He noted there are several changes and he had hoped the group would look at the changes so they can be discussed. Discussion was held concerning how the committee would look at the cha...
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