Classen Drive

[Pete]

Regarding Park Place, Midtown Renaissance doesn't want to close that street, they want to make it one-way with angled street parking. The graphic a the top of the page has been corrected to reflect that.

I'm sure they want to try and create as much parking as possible around Fassler Hall / Dust Bowl which is just to the south.

[Pete]

That's not what was voted on, though. Creating a diagonal thoroughfare that creates visual interest and an easier way for drivers to go NW out of downtown, is a very different proposition than some trees and benches along what already exists.

OKC is making a nasty habit of not keeping it's word to voters when it comes to downtown projects.

The Alliance is merely looking at a way to use those funds in that same area since the plans changed.

There was never any funding for acquiring right of way, just building the street, and on that point, citizens should be concerned about how this all transpired.

But the bonds have already been issued, so the question remains as to what to do with the proceeds. The Alliance is looking at that now and they and MidtownR prefer that they be put to use in the immediate area for other streetscape improvements.

[shawnw]

I heard today that the Classen Drive extension is dead and buried (realities in Midtown no longer support it and the champion that worked at the city has moved on). But since this was to use 2007 GO Bond funds, it's becoming a paving project for 8th Street from Hudson to Broadway instead.

[Teo9969]

This still needs to happen, it's just that the "Drive" needs to be taken out and this needs to become a pedestrian corridor from the traffic circle at 10th to 9th and Hudson if not 8th and Harvey.