![]() ![]() “I fundamentally disagree with the assumptions made by the traffic consultant - from vastly lowballing the number of vehicular trips to the casino and vastly overestimating the number of people who will be dumb enough to take the CTA or walk to this casino with cash in their pockets. Having read literally hundreds of traffic studies over the years, I can tell you this one is thin gruel and lacks the credibility that an independent analysis would’ve provided,” he said. ![]() “As far as I’m concerned this study is seriously flawed, overly vague and clearly written for the sole purpose of concluding a casino will work at Medinah Temple. ![]() In his 16 years as alderperson, “every single traffic study commissioned in support of a development project” similarly concluded that “traffic will not be negatively impacted,” he noted. Brendan Reilly (42nd), one of the loudest voices against the project, said he’s not at all surprised a traffic consultant hand-picked and bankrolled by Bally’s would conclude a casino bounded by Ontario, Wabash, Ohio and State would create no additional traffic burden in the already congested neighborhood. They recommended a valet service based on Ohio Street, along with traffic control aides on duty during peak periods “to keep traffic flowing around the site and limit double parking along the roadways.”ĭowntown Ald. ![]()
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