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No disrespect to those business owners, but are the buildings in the picture anything of “historic” nature? They appear to be reasonably well maintained but progress at times means you move ahead.
Let the criticism of my comment begin…
Agreed! There is nothing significantly historic about any of those buildings other than the fact that they have been “there” for a while. Progress involves moving forward and the residents of Westfield will be more greatly rewarded with a traffic friendly downtown road than with the eye-sore of a few old ho-hum buildings that will be forgotten rather quickly. There significance is only in the minds of a very few who can’t let go of the past and the same people who would rather have a traffic light at US 32&31. We have moved on.
Traffic friendly?? 4 lanes??
I am not too familiar with downtown Westfield, but no town ever got better by punching a 4 lane highway through the middle. Even Carmel was smart enough to avoid that disaster with US 31 bypassing the downtown.
I believe two ‘historical’ buildings on the north side of SR32 will remain. Cave printing building was the old library I believe and the bank building on the NE corner of 32 & Union St. sometimes you pick winners and losers in the pursuit of progress
What if the issue is simply traffic and not progress?
If it means adding 15.9 million to the cost, one would really have to love those old buildings. I don’t think the average Westfield citizen would stand for that. The Preservation price is too high!
Why isn’t traffic being diverted AWAY from downtown on 38 to the North? If you want a vibrant downtown, don’t put a 4 lane highway thru the middle of it.