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Article: State appeals board backs Springfield street closure.(City/Region)(A resident had appealed a vote to close a stretch of B Street for a police parking lot)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- February 28, 2008
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Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard
SPRINGFIELD - The City Council did nothing wrong in approving the permanent closure of a downtown street to make room for a police parking lot, a state appeals panel has ruled.
The Land Use Board of Appeals concluded this week that Springfield councilors followed appropriate rules when they voted to close a blocklong stretch of B Street between Pioneer Parkway and Fourth Street as part of the city's justice center project.
Closing the street will allow the city to build a secure parking lot for police vehicles on land that now includes the downtown thoroughfare. The street is next to the under-construction, ...