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Originally Posted by DBR96A
Brentwood, Whitehall and the city of Pittsburgh should go ahead and collaborate with PennDOT and tell Baldwin to pound sand. Then, when PennDOT rebuilds PA 51 and the corridor looks nice everywhere but Baldwin, they should put up two large signs that read "Borough of Baldwin" when entering its its limits, and two more large signs that read "Borough of Whitehall" (northbound) and "Borough of Pleasant Hills" (southbound) when leaving its limits. That way, when people notice that the corridor looks nice except for one short stretch, they know exactly which borough is responsible for it, opening them to criticism and a rightfully damaged reputation.
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Dude,
THANK YOU!! I grew up in that municipality, and frankly, some of those old hags are more stuborn than a pack of fricking MULES!
I actually heard back from those municipalities involved (Economic-South), and they basically told me that my vision seems impossible. THey have to secure the right-of-way, which isn't easy given who owns the parcels abutting the road there. It sucks. I thought they (the slum-bag Levistkes) passed away and that the heirs to the crap were willing to work with the local officials.
They also told me that if my idea was to convert an existing land to a buses only lane, it would be unpopular. -- um, no shit!
It seems like there's some poor communication on their end...
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Originally Posted by Inkoumori
Hmm, before consolidation they might want to look at Nassau Co., NY- which has been an abject failure.
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What about Jacksonville, Florida or Louisville, KY?
Pittsburgh really should consider consolidation. When you are the county seat of a county with 129 other municipalities just sucking the life out of you, both in terms of economic development opportunities and improvements to infrastructure, yeah that can be a problem. You have fragmented government and nobody wants to collaborate with anyone for anything...