South L Street Improvement Stalled by Resident Remonstrance
Local property owners in the Sixth addition are pushing back against Councilman Christoffersen’s plans for street grading, citing cost and feasibility concerns.
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A remonstrance has been filed by a number of Sixth addition residents against the improvement of South L street between Thirty-fifth and Forty-eighth streets, local improvement district No. 213. Councilman Christoffersen has been working for this improvement for a long time, but the work has always been delayed by remonstrances. Councilman Christoffersen claims that some of the citizens pretend they want the improvement of L street extended through to Center street, which is far too expensive, merely for the purpose of killing the entire project. In order to grade the street to Center street, three blocks of unplatted land would have to be condemned and a long bridge would have to be built over a gulch, which would cost nearly as much as all the abutting property is worth. Councilman Christoffersen will fight the remonstrance before the committee next week and will urge the council to order the improvement of a short portion of South L street.
“Councilman Christoffersen claims that some of the citizens pretend they want the improvement... merely for the purpose of killing the entire project.”
Infrastructure disputes and 'NIMBY' tactics regarding street improvements in Tacoma neighborhoods like the Sixth Addition (now part of the Lincoln and Hilltop areas) echo the ongoing tensions between city expansion and resident property concerns.
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