Removing the rest of the Rockford downtown mall

4 comments August 1st, 2008

OK, the city of Excellence Everywhere’s grand poobahs of planning have decided that the Main Street pedestrian mall shall go away , to be replaced by a two-lane street from Green to Park. Two-way or one-way? For years I’ve said that Main should be a two way all the way, and that the grotesque “sculpture” of Blake, Lemon and Kent should be melted down for scrap so Main can become Illinois 2 again. Hey,  I’m not a planner, just a very frustrated motorist who is required to be downtown five days a week because I work here.

The only question is, when will the tortoise-speed lifers at City Hall make this happen? I’d like to know what you think. Before the 09 election?  Or will it happen at about the same time the  commuter or Amtrak train arrives — a date that, no matter when you ask, is always five years away.