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REASONS WHY THE ROAD SHOULD BE -BUILT: <br />BOOK 4.7 PAPE 445 <br />IT WOULD PROVIDE A ROAD TO <br />THE HOSPITAL; IT WOULD BE A BY-PASS TRANSPORTATION ROUTE; THE ROAD <br />WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR CIVIL DEFENSE PROCEDURES, SHOULD THERE BE <br />A RAILROAD PROBLEM OR IF U.S. #1 WAS CLOSED; IT WOULD PROVIDE A WATER <br />LINE; AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE ROUTED THROUGH RESIDENTIAL <br />NEIGHBORHOODS. HE THEN COMMENDED REYNOLDS, SMITH & HILLS FOR THEIR <br />WORK AND RECOMMENDED THE BOARD PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS <br />ROAD. <br />ANN MARIE MCCRYSTAL DEFERRED HER TIME TO DR. ROBERT WILLIAMS. <br />DR. WILLIAMS REFUTED WHAT DR. FITTS HAD TO SAY ABOUT <br />GETTING PATIENTS TO THE HOSPITAL. HE FELT THE TIME SPENT GETTING TO <br />THE HOSPITAL WAS VERY IMPORTANT, AND MINUTES DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN <br />THE MATTER OF SAVING A LIFE. HE STRESSED THAT THE REAL ACTION TAKES <br />PLACE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND MANY LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED <br />HAD THE PATIENTS ARRIVED THERE QUICKLY. <br />CRAIG STEWART, 3027 GOLFVIEW DRIVE, DEFERRED HIS TIME TO <br />ATTORNEY DICK BOGOSIAN, BUT HE HAD ALREADY LEFT THE MEETING. <br />JOHN FRIEND, 3000 NASSAU DRIVE, ALSO FELT THE SHORTEST <br />ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL WOULD BE THROUGH 30TH STREET AND 10TH PARKWAY. <br />D. C. SMITH, 600 RIOMAR DRIVE, APPROACHED THE BOARD SPEAKING <br />AS AN INTERESTED CITIZEN, AND HE FELT THIS PROJECT WOULD BE A VERY <br />IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT TO THE ENTIRE COUNTY. HE ADDED THAT IT WOULD <br />CREATE ACCESS FROM THE ENTIRE BEACH AREA TO THE HOSPITAL AND TO THE <br />NORTH COUNTY AREA. JUDGE SMITH NOTED THAT THE ENGINEERING ON THIS <br />PROJECT WAS NOW COMPLETE. THERE HAD BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF DISCUSSION <br />ABOUT ALTERNATE IMPROVEMENTS THAT SHOULD OCCUR FIRST BUT HE POINTED <br />OUT THAT NO ENGINEERING HAS BEEN DONE AND IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST TWO <br />YEARS OF ENGINEERING TIME FOR ANY MAJOR ALTERNATE IMPROVEMENT. <br />JUDGE SMITH RELATED HOW THERE WERE MANY OBJECTIONS WHICH CAUSED DELAY <br />TO THE BUILDING OF THE NEW BRIDGE. HE URGED THE BOARD TO PROCEED <br />WITH THIS PROJECT, AS THE ROAD WAS NEEDED NOVI. HE ALSO URGED THE <br />BOARD TO START THE ENGINEERING WORK ON SOME OTHER ADVISABLE PROJECT <br />AND BY THE TIME THE ENGINEERING FOR IT IS COMPLETED, THERE WILL BE <br />ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR IT. JUDGE SMITH EMPHASIZED THAT THE BOARD SHOULD <br />NOT LET THE ARGUMENTS DEFEAT THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT. <br />_I <br />