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"Sadly, no one in government or community development sought a second opinion"Submitted by Norm Roulet on Sat, 08/07/2010 - 05:56.
As Steven Litt points outs out in the Plain Dealer today, as he slams all the designs and design processes leading to the $3.5 billion boondoggle that is the Cleveland ODOT I-90 bridge replacement disaster...
I can confirm Litt's account, as Litt and I were at the Excellence Roundtable held in November, 2005, with Ed Hauser, whereby we had Alsenas discuss this vision for the future of this ODOT bridge replacement, now a disgrace. At the time, I concluded:
I spoke with many leaders in "government or community development" about this incompetent bridge planning process at that time - years ago- and was awed by their stupidity... or was it corruption?!?! Obviously, if it was all up to Senator Voinovich we were screwed from the beginning... as Voinovich proves to be human garbage... he wanted this garbage here... so it is no surprise he failed this community on this issue. Is that what screwed us completely... our cowardly leaders selling out to Voinovich... is there more...?
The planning of this bridge has been so pathetic... where to begin...?!?! Name names of the failures who brought this upon us. Start with the leadership at Gateway Development Corporation, who wanted a tight bridge line to contain development to their area... and continue along through the Midtown trench area only concerned with their off-ramps... past ugly-bridge sponsors Cleveland State University and Kent State Center for Urban Design who should challenge flawed planning... to see all who failed this community on this project, and all who must now live with harmful results. Nobody in any planning organization in town spoke against this flawed process and they all seemed pleased to bend over to anything ODOT said... FOR YEARS! I watched this planning process closely and will say that was the most uninspiring and cowardly experience I have seen here since everyone in "government or community development" went along with demolishing the Breuer... and went along with moving the port to Whiskey Island - all demonstrations every planning and leadership process of any sort here is broken, and everyone in "government or community development" who has a finger or say in these decisions should be terminated. Unreal NEO planners... this DECADE has been a disgrace - you are all disgraces. Live with it. The last time I saw Paul Alsenas - that I even realized hs was alive - was at Ed Hauser's funeral. I didn't even say hello to him, for selling the community out on this issue.... selling out Ed... this was Ed's issue - Ed's issue, and Ed's alone, as we see by this complete community failure since he died. So was the Breuer. So Was Whiskey Island. Leaders in "government or community development" - just another pathetic cowardly pack of stupid sell out clowns in a cast of fools running this region. And you shall see the results, over the next decade, of wasting billions on poor community planning here... no benefit and profit for any local businesses, except save some concrete companies and some short term construction jobs, which could be applied to well planned infrastructure just as easily as to poor design. Another Healthline disaster from ODOT... Sherrod Brown's brother Robert Brown's ODOT... Jones Day's ODOT. Pathetic - on this project, our leaders and community get the complete falure they deserve... and the citizens deserve to be screwed for letting their leaders be failures. I watched this closely and this is a failure of pathetic local leadership and the citizens who have sold out their communities to fools, and nothing less. Show me any local leaders who asked for things to go any differently than this end result - you brought this shit on yourselves... and your children will be receiving this postcard from you after they move the hell out of the shithole town you have brought upon them.... I always told Ed he was way too nice.
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"another pathetic cowardly pack of stupid sell out clowns"
nICe.
I think one could also describe it as an "urban planning" cluster fuck.
I don't think the planners of this bridge will find peace
Northeast Ohio is the "urban planning" cluster fuck of all time and this is one of our leaders' more pathetic fuck-ups of all time... among so many
And, they are building this NEW bridge directly over an historic graveyard site, where many people died in an historic bridge disaster...
I don't think the planners of this bridge will find peace in eternity...
if we'd named Cleveland Poisonovichville
This says it all - if we'd named Cleveland Poisonovichville he would have given us a nice bridge... instead, the real bridge design effort goes to Jones Day's Voinovich Park... on Jones Days lakefront, where we've wasted most of the region's development funding and effort for two decades and plan to waste most of our future wealth for no good plans...
Take the Poll... get clusterfucked
Disrupt IT
Post Hauser Issue #3: The Process Is Broken
Disrupt IT
Is it too late?!?!
Is it too late?!?!
I don't think so. I have found deep rooted issues with ODOT planning at the Federal level that suggest we deserve and in fact must have a complete change of leadership at ODOT Ohio, and renewed Federal attention to our needs, and a REDO on all planning for this bridge - this time with legitimate citizen involvement.
I am going to push for this REDO - and to make certain Terri Hamilton Brown and her friends fail to grow their power in this region in pursuit of next slamming THEIR OPPORTUNITY CORRIDOR down our throats - you all do what you like.
Disrupt IT
Back of napkin sketch of new I-90 Bridge
Cleveland Institute of Art BA and Kent State University Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative planning Master
Joseph Stanley had a more intelligent design for the future of Cleveland than the leaders of our community have embraced
Back of napkin sketch of new I-90 Bridge... blending of visioning with Ed Hauser, Joe Stanley and Ken Prendergast...
See the vision unfold here...