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<br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />page 2 of 3 <br /> <br />In pushing for the Farrington Rd. extension; Mr. Clausen stated before the P&Z <br />Commission that <br /> <br />1. "We have problems routing our buses in Lomax and it is because we don't <br />have the North South thoroughfares cut throughs there". <br /> <br />FACT. The vast majority of the Lomax Sub Division is acreage with home <br />sites abutting the major streets of H,L, & P. I have studied the current Lomax <br />bus routes on a City street map; with one of your bus drivers and there is NO <br />advantage to bus routes in Lomax by extending Valley View or Farrington Rd. <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />2. "Lomax is a unique area. You don't have a whole lot of sidewalks and nice <br />places for children to walk to school, so we transport nearly everybody". <br /> <br />FACT: Lomax's main streets have steep ditches and no sidewalks. They,are <br />so dangerous and unsafe that most adults won't walk or bike on them. LPISD <br />buses children in Lomax because of the dangers and safety concerns; NOT <br />because we simply "don't have nice places for children to walk to school." We <br />believe Mr. Clausen intentionally ignored the facts & downplayed the dangers. <br /> <br />3. And then Mr. Clausen attempts to color Spencer Highway and Underwood Rd. <br />as unsafe for buses even though they are wide, curbed, new concrete <br />construction. Mr. Clausen also states that Glen Meadows students can ride <br />their bikes to school. <br /> <br />FACT: The students would be riding their bikes through an RPZ and two other <br />airport safety zones. <br /> <br />4. Mr. Clausen states that the Farrington extension would help the Glen <br />Meadows sub division in getting students to Lomax Elementary. <br /> <br />FACT: Mr. Clausen completely leaves out that if Farrington lis extended, <br />Glen Meadows will be within the 2 mile radius travel limit of both Lomax <br />Elementary and Lomax Jr. High and LPISD, by it's own regulations, will not <br />run busses from Glen Meadows to either Lomax Elementary or Jr. high ...and <br />we will work hard to make sure that regulation is enforced. <br /> <br />5. Mr. Clausen states regarding Glen Meadows, "every bus we have to route in <br />there. ..every parent that takes their student to Lomax Jr. High, have to take <br />the whole long trip around to Underwood and then go all the way around <br />to L street" and he also states if he had the 1500 ft. cut through it would be a <br />short distance... <br />