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Article: Falls Church Council Votes to Put Broad Street Improvements on Ballot
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- July 27, 1989
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In a rare bout of unanimity, the Falls Church City Council voted
last week to place a controversial $2.6 million bond issue to improve
the western portion of Broad Street (Route 7) on the Nov. 7 ballot.
That is not to say that they all agreed.
The decision means the council members' disagreement about how
much work needs to be done on Broad Street west of Rowell Court will
be settled on a different battleground. City voters, many of whom
drive the busy east-west artery every day and know its traffic
afflictions firsthand, will instead resolve the issue.
City activist Louis Olum, who has watched the Broad Street issue
stir tempers for years, said: "We've been hearing about it for a long ...