Topic: Century Blvd
Storified by MP Chronicle · Thu, Dec 27 2012 22:17:58
Greetings welcome to the Morningside Park Chronicle #mplocal chat. This evening's topic will be Century Blvd.
Century Blvd is a gateway into Inglewood. It used to be the only way into Inglewood from the 110 freeway until the 105 was built #mplocal
Century Blvd between the 110 freeway and the 405 has two major challenges. The road and the look of the corridor itself #mplocal
Both impact livability & sustainability. You can't drive up Century, you cant cycle up Century & it's unpleasant to walk up Century #mplocal
@mpchronicle #mplocal All roads, as Romans knew and all politicians—and architects—know, lead to Rome. And "Rome" is a metaphor...
@mpchronicle #mplocal ...to where the money is trucked. That place is accessible by only the politicians who "maintain" the roads, and...
@mpchronicle #mplocal ...their friends. In most cases such friends are architects, developers and other such contractors.
@mpchronicle #mplocal In Inglewood, the mayor and the city manager—Butts and Fields, respectively—continue to promise repairs of the roads.
Can the City of Inglewood maintain this road? Do they want to? #mplocal
@thebusbench @mpchronicle #mplocal Unfortunately, the people who make the big money in Inglewood tend to award their developer friends...
@thebusbench @mpchronicle #mplocal Butts makes approximately $10k per month, and Fields makes $20k per month. yes, you read that correctly..
RT @thebusbench: @thebusbench @mpchronicle #mplocal Unfortunately, the people who make the big money in Inglewood tend to award their developer friends...
@thebusbench I think the development on Century and Crenshaw the Century Village contributed to a great deal of the road damage #mplocal
You literally can not drive up Century Blvd. I will go up Crenshaw to the 105 to go south which is a bit out of the way #mplocal
@mpchronicle #mplocal It is easy to see that the poor roadwork on century—for which significant funds have been allocated by L.A. County...
