tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post4635489096777647422..comments2024-02-18T06:41:44.121-05:00Comments on Thinking Out Loud In Sturbridge: Dear Mr. Suhoski, Welcome To Sturbridge. Tag, You're It.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-24651820478245149792010-08-11T13:51:35.187-04:002010-08-11T13:51:35.187-04:00I hope our tax money didn't all go for fine wr...I hope our tax money didn't all go for fine wrappings and fluff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-75418027008949332992010-08-10T18:37:39.811-04:002010-08-10T18:37:39.811-04:00Who approved the plans?Who approved the plans?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-168860753302633312010-08-10T18:20:21.919-04:002010-08-10T18:20:21.919-04:00You can be sure that if the residents of town were...You can be sure that if the residents of town were aware of just how narrow this road was going to be they would have said something back at the meetings. why didn't the Town Administrator or DPW people, or other people say something? Look at the mess we have now!!! The house on the corner cannot be removed, or taken by eminent domain because it is historic so it looks like the road will need to be widened, and the land on the center school side will have to be rebuilt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-61985165211760091492010-08-10T18:12:06.510-04:002010-08-10T18:12:06.510-04:00A police vehicle coming from the station to Haynes...A police vehicle coming from the station to Haynes Street in a hurry would be hard pressed to negotiate the turn at even a reasonable speed. A large vehice will actually take out a smaller vehicle sitting there at the lights. No joke, just geometry. I suggest that people with a video phone, or camera stand at the corner, and video vehicles making turns in both directions, and into Haynes St., and onto Main St. then posting them here. Even better put them on Youtube. Let the world see how well we think things out in advance.Accidents Waiting To Happennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-18500835649588067782010-08-10T17:47:56.370-04:002010-08-10T17:47:56.370-04:00Take a good look at the Haynes Street intersection...Take a good look at the Haynes Street intersection, and at the sidewalks along both streets in that area. Perhaps you could watch the traffic there from the library lawn. Now imagine that there is a foot of snow on the ground with freezing rain falling on top of that and coating the road - and school let out early. Oh, wait, what's that guy thinking trying to make a turn there? We have to do something to FIX this before it happens.Time to think quicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-8140247626724229552010-08-10T15:27:21.307-04:002010-08-10T15:27:21.307-04:00Who saw the plans first? Who is responsible for r...Who saw the plans first? Who is responsible for reviewing them? If it is Greg Morse, then Rte 15 has always been a thorn in his side. He hates the thought of development there which is why he is fighting sewer there. Was this an addition to his arsenal??????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-86601601528073511462010-08-10T14:39:47.783-04:002010-08-10T14:39:47.783-04:00This mess has little to do with stopping growth on...This mess has little to do with stopping growth on route 15, although unless addressed it will definitely play a role in it. I don't think that anyone locally would be able to perceive the impact to the area today by ignoring, or not addressing a bad design a few years ago. It may be convenient to blame folks for sabotaging the Route 15 development, but that storyline would be from a "B Movie", not real life. This is all about a bad design that has come back to haunt us, and unless fixed now will affect how this town is perceived, grows, and functions. We will be on Youtube more than we like as folks line up to video the vehicle fails at the intersection. It needs to be addressed now while all the other construction is happening in order to save some of the hundreds of thousands this will take to fix.Wally Herseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11052949223548827269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-24775411163918291842010-08-10T14:28:47.275-04:002010-08-10T14:28:47.275-04:00Better read Greg Morse's comments again, Nel. ...Better read Greg Morse's comments again, Nel. He explains in detail what the issues were and continue to be; he doesn't say that people wanted to prevent development of Rte 15. <br /><br />How about we stop with the innuendo and seek real answers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-87541459583792096192010-08-10T08:56:51.187-04:002010-08-10T08:56:51.187-04:00Shouldn't an issue this big, even if there was...Shouldn't an issue this big, even if there was mention or discussion of it at a public meeting at some long ago date, have been clearly publicized in print? We can't all go to every meeting, and we have not all been able to see and/or decipher what was going on at every meeting that may or may not have been televised in poor quality. And all along we thought we could someday get more meaningful tax revenues from old Route 15. What a mess! Who'd a thunk it?What the _( you fill in the blank)?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-32285320615347339922010-08-10T08:02:34.415-04:002010-08-10T08:02:34.415-04:00Are there minutes for this public meeting, to see ...Are there minutes for this public meeting, to see when and what discussion took place on this specific issue?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-21312145975278830452010-08-10T07:57:03.721-04:002010-08-10T07:57:03.721-04:00Is this a way to PREVENT Haynes Street/Old Route 1...Is this a way to PREVENT Haynes Street/Old Route 15 from being developed???? Why wasn't this made CLEAR to the public before bottling up the intersection even more, with sidewalks on both sides of Haynes Street itself? Was there a hidden agenda? I would like to think not, but have been leery right along. For some reason most progress in that area has been a "no-no," (other than the sports center and its sport store which some locals are seemingly planning to invest in). And the surveys which had to include names and addresses were a turn-off for people who have been for years made to feel that if they didn't "go along to get along' they would be singled out as a hindrance "denigrating" those who were following "the plan," whatever the plan was at the time. How could we all have been expected to understand what was going on here? I think many of our people on committees are honest, but some others may have lead them astray. As far as our quaint, pretty little town is concerned, remember you can't judge a book by it's cover...<br />The pages in this book are definitely out of order.Whoa, Nellie!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377411732843394854.post-33662602430598714672010-08-10T06:30:49.323-04:002010-08-10T06:30:49.323-04:00Isn't this the perfect excuse why Haynes Road,...Isn't this the perfect excuse why Haynes Road, aka, Old Route 15, can't be developed. The Road is unsafe for emergency vehicles and tractor trailers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com