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Originally Posted by domodeez
I agree it's currently run down and in need of investment, but rebuilding the street surface and streetscape can happen (and should have happened) without the widening.
Nothing is inevitible, and just because the street was already widened elsewhere, doesn't mean they should also widen it as it runs along the spine of downtown Norristown. Not a good move & sad to see.
This is not a unique criticism of Norristown, by the way. Many cities are short-sighted about this and repeat the same mistake over and over again.
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By inevitable, I meant that the widening of Lafayette was always part of the plan going back years since it was initially drawn out. PennDot and the Turnpike have the plan to make Lafayette more or less the parkway into Norristown from the new Interchange, while Ridge will become the local/business route.