|
|
Article: Lakefront, parkland should be focus; Lincoln Memorial Drive proposals are confusing Perhaps there is something wrong with my math. If Lincoln Memorial Drive has been resurfaced twice since 1927 in 71 years why would the county spend more than $6 million, excluding the $500,000 cost of an irrigation system, to reconstruct so that it will only need repaving every 20 years? Why add "green space" in the form of medians when they are begging for volunteers to take care of the parkland there now? Lynn Hartwig Milwaukee
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 14, 1998
CopyrightCopyright 1998 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Each weekday, I drive Lincoln Memorial Drive, not because it is
the fastest way to work but because it is the most inspiring. The
panoramic sweep of the lake affords a refreshing backdrop of dynamic
realism as one commutes to face the still life of memos and meetings.
When the County Board decides how to rebuild Lincoln Memorial
Drive, it should keep the lake and the adjacent parkland as the
focus.
Our precious parkland should be preserved; the road should not be
widened. Other structures that serve to speed up ...