
The village has used a variety of delaying tactics over the years, including demanding some sort of "consideration" in exchange for widening the expressway, and floating ridiculous schemes like "capping" the Ike by burying it in a two-mile-long tunnel from Austin to Harlem -- presumably, with trees and pretty flowers and rainbows and unicorns frolicking on top.
Oak Park's latest obstructionist tactic, reports the Oak Park Patch, is to "sensitize" transportation officials to the village's history and architecture by characterizing buildings near the expressway (including a Volvo dealership) as local landmarks.
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