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Page <br /> Public Hearing for Hilyard Street Project <br /> Reinhard determined the most Significant change in the <br /> prop sed project since it was last discussed is the proposed vacation <br /> of 2 th Avenue between Amazon Parkway and Hilyard, This closure was <br /> considered in the former proposal but was only discussed as a <br /> possibility that would be investigated upon completion of the project. <br /> The widening of Hilyard will require about 16,000 square feet <br /> of p rk land, Reinhard said. Abandoning 29th will not only compensate <br /> for his loss in numerical terms, but will permit future development <br /> j I of A anon Park as a single, cohesive whole. The disadvantage of <br /> clos ng 29th will be an increase in travel time and distance for some <br /> resi ents of the area. Traffic now carried by 29th will have to use <br /> the arkway or 24th Avenue for east/west travel, both of which (assuming <br /> the arkway is widened from 29th to Hilyard) will be able to handle <br /> <br /> i <br /> <br /> 1 the ncrease. Since the closure of 29th was not part of the original <br /> <br /> a <br /> <br /> 1 prop sal it was not presented as such in the questionnaire of households <br /> and otorists in 1976. <br /> <br /> 1 Since 1972, when the Council authorized staff to plan and design <br /> <br /> 3 <br /> the roject proposal as a Federal Aid Urban (FAU) project, staff has <br /> <br /> I <br /> prep red a draft EIS, held a "corridor-design" public hearing, <br /> cond cted a public opinion survey and refined the project proposal. <br /> <br /> ~ Reinhard said about 70% of the responses to the survey were <br /> in f vor of the project. - <br /> (more) <br /> <br /> i <br /> <br />