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Article: Editorial: West Street needs a realistic plan, not grand ones
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- June 11, 2009
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Think about the three main commuter arteries into Annapolis as
three sisters. Rowe Boulevard - with her handsomely refurbished
bridges and that wonderful view of the State House - is the glamour-
puss. Forest Drive is popular - to a fault.
And West Street? She's the dowdy, overstretched workhorse who
gets the job done, even if she seems to have just two speeds:
headlong lunge and dead stop.
Even while they worked hard and successfully on inner West
Street, city officials knew that someday they would have to tackle
outer West Street, with its racing traffic, misaligned
intersections, and long stretches of auto dealerships and fast-food
restaurants. It isn't exactly the city's calling card.
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