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University Daily Kansan / Monday, February 17, 1992
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By Andy Taylor
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The crossing at 17th and Massachusetts streets measures about 40 feet across, but it is causing a mile-wide rift at City Hall.
About 50 residents of Babcock Place, 1700 Massachusetts St., and concerned neighbors met with city officials Friday at Babcock Place to express opinions about the dangers of the intersection, which has no pedestrian crosswalk and no stop light.
Mayor Bob Walters had not finished his opening remarks when a person in the group said, "Excuse me, Mayor, but I just had trouble crossing the street to get here." The statement brought apolause from the group.
Debate about the crossing re-ignited Jan. 29 when Theresa Knight, an 86-year-old Babcock resident, was struck by a motorist at 117th and Massachusetts streets and later died in injuries.
Babcock residents said that because of the high volume of traffic on Massachusetts Street, it was impossible for the residents to walk across the street to restaurants or the pharmacy. Most Babcock Place residents are retired or disabled individuals.
"With the recent defense cuts and United Airlines' decision to reduce the number of airplanes they plan to buy in the coming years, Boeing took a look at their long-term needs," he said. "Plus, they said that they could continue to use their existing wind tunnels versus building newer ones."
Residents, neighbors and KU students who walk to campus from east Lawrence have to walk either to 19th or 14th Street to cross Massachusetts.
The tunnel project would have helped the local economy, Toebben said.
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"We are disappointed in the announcement," he said. "It would have been an outstanding contributor to Lawrence and to the University."
Ruthie Herbeck, a Babcock resident,
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Jim Black, a member of the traffic safety commission, said depending on what the department of transportation's study recommended to the commission, the best solution was a pedestrian-activated signal.
Campus and local leaders have expressed disappointment about Boeing Company's decision to cancel its plans for a billion dollar wind tunnel complex that could have created 150 to 200 jobs.
Lawrence Mayer Bob Walters said Boeing officials remained impartial to the city's lobbying efforts.
City officials traveled to Seattle in November hoping to persuade the company to build in Lawrence.
Lawrence was one of five cities vying for the tunnel project. The Tenn. Railroad, Ridgway, Hanging Rock, Ohio and Portage, Ind.
"Most of the time, crosswalk gives you a sense of security that doesn't exist," she said . "From our data we have collected, a crosswalk is not what you want. Because of the closed gaps in traffic, it just isn't safe for a pedestrian crosswalk."
The tunnel would have been used to design aerospace and airplane vehicles.
Boeing's announcement Friday came after recent indications of a decline in the airspace industry, as well as a downturn in Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
Kansan staff writer
Boeing cancels project; disappoints city leaders
By Andy Taylor
Boeing officials at the Seattle headquarters could not be reached for comment.
Terese Gorman, city engineer, said that last year the city's traffic safety commission determined that because of the heavy flow of traffic at the intersection, a pedestrian crosswalk would not be advisable.
Engineers hired by the Kansas Department of Transportation are conducting a traffic study of Mass Street from 14th to 19th streets.
penalty for the elderly residents.
Carl Locke, dean of engineering, said Beeing's announcement would affect a number of KU engineering students and faculty.
"I walk to 19th Street, and there are a lot of entryways and driveways which make things very dangerous," she said. "Many of the residents cannot even walk half a block because they get too tired to walk."
Locke said that considering the state of the aerospace and aircraft industries, the announcement was not a surprise.
"The thing that Lawrence would have provided is a large pool of engineering graduates, students and faculty," he said. "We anticipated a joint-cooperative effort with Boeing."
Locke said the University had strong ties to Boeing.
She said taxi cab fares to take residents to the pharmacy one block away cost between $5 and $8.
The study is expected to be done by April 1, he said.
"We have many graduates working for Boeing," he said. "A matter of fact, a couple of people on Boeing's floor at the committee were KU graduates."
"They showed no reaction to Lawrence," he said. "Other than to ask pertinent questions about the law, you have every careful to not make an opinion."
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