Appendix J Public Scoping Meeting Transcripts
Appendix J Public Scoping Meeting Transcripts CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY PUBLIC HEARING "NORTH RED AND PURPLE MODERNIZATION PROJECT" JANUARY 24th, 2011 Stenographic Report of Proceedings had in the above-entitled matter held at St. Augustine College, 1345 West Argyle Street, Chicago, Illinois, commencing at 6:00 p.m., and concluding at 8: 30 p.m. Reported By: Sandra Di Vito, CSR License No.: 084-004642 McCorkle Court Reporters, Inc. Chicago, Illinols (312) 263-0052 1 (Whereupon, the following 2 proceedings were held in an Ii 3 open pub1 ic meeting. ) i 4 MS. REPORTER: Please, state your name. I I I 5 MR. LITTLETON: My name is Jeffrey Littleton. I ! 6 Okay. And I think the -- I like the 1f I 7 option of moving the Wilson Platform north -- or 1 i 8 south of Wilson Avenue, okay, so it better 1 I 9 serves the Truman College and the new shopping 10 area over by Target. 11 And, a1 so, I be1 ieve, that the Lawrence I 12 Avenue Station should stay in place, because I 13 there's a lot -- it has heavy flow on certain I 14 nights with the concert traffic from the Aragon 15 and from the Riviera. 16 Also, the Uptown Theater's going to be 17 renovated, and that's a humongous theater that's 18 going to have a lot of flow, and it'd be much 19 better served by having a Lawrence stop. 20 And, also, I believe, in prioritizing 21 the time, that we need to pay attention to the 22 fact that -- that there's a lot of handicapped 23 people in wheelchairs, and that whatever does 24 happen to timeline, that there should be a 2 McCorkle Court Reporters, Inc.
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