KNein
October 15, 2025 at 9:09 am Copy Link of a Comment
I see alot of the normal arguments here. I get it. Its time though. Time to put aside a pointless and costly failure and reopen the road to traffic. This was promissed as temporary. You have had your fun with it. This has cost the city, tax payers, and businesses on State….hundreds of thousands of $. This has closed more retail than helping it. I’m working on this road 50+ hours a week and I see the reality of it. I’m not coming from the Mesa or Goleta for a quick trip and a beer downtown. I live and work down here. My kids do too. I hear it from tourists, from elderly, from youths….why is this road still closed? I work near the boarded up Chase. That place is an eyesore. The only block that benefits from this is the 500 block and they are essentially holding downtown hostage. I talk with Randy, I talk with Eric, Oscar and others. The council is split. Randy, Eric and two others want it opened. Many of us that work and live down here want it open. The majority of people that I talk to that want it closed live up town, Goleta, Mesa, Montecito. Also, block bike traffic for the 500 block or DLG isn’t going to happen. When I commute on my bike in the morning to get to my office on State, I am commuting with about 100 other people, adults and kids. Chapala is not safe for bikes nor is Anacapa. State has bike safety lanes allowing us to get to work on State, safely. Many businesses have changed their stance on this and have written letters to City Hall wanting the road open. Its going to happen.