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Joe Balderas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By La Prensa Staff<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Toledo city transportation officials outlined the 2024 timeline and other aspects of a Broadway Corridor reconstruction project during a public meeting Thursday, February 9, 2023 held at the Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center (SQACC).<\/em><\/p>\n

More than 40 people attended the session to learn more about the $7.2 million project, which is slated to begin next spring and wrap up at the end of the road construction season in the fall. The roadwork, talked about for several years and spearheaded by the Broadway Corridor Coalition, is designed to slow down traffic and make it safer for pedestrians in the South End.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny improvement is good and I like that they\u2019re finally doing something here on Broadway because it\u2019s such a busy street,\u201d said Joe Balderas<\/em>, SQACC\u2019s master gardener. \u201cBetween 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., it\u2019s just a madhouse, everybody either going to work or coming from work. I think it\u2019s pretty dangerous sometimes because these people are flying, late for work or rushing home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s fantastic. It\u2019s going to beautify the Hispanic corridor and when people drive by here, it\u2019s just going to make it much more impressive to see what we\u2019re doing over here,\u201d said Tony Rios of Voces Latinos,<\/em> whose TV studios now reside in a Broadway building he and his wife have been working to improve.<\/p>\n

Broadway will be stripped to its base and completely rebuilt, because there are some older sewers underneath that also need repairs. The project also features three rectangular rapid flashing beacons, or RRFB\u2019s, pedestrian-activated flashing devices that will allow people to more safely cross a busy street. Those will be located near the park, SQACC, and Western Ave.<\/p>\n

According to transportation officials, traffic will be maintained one lane in each direction during road reconstruction. When finished, the current four lane road will be reduced to three lanes, one in each direction with a middle turn lane. Medians will be placed throughout the construction zone, which stretches from Western Ave. to approximately Danny Thomas Park<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Even though the Broadway Corridor is one of the main gateways to downtown Toledo, Latino neighborhood leaders in the Old South End have had to self-advocate for improvements, such as \u00a0\u00a0brighter LED lighting to cut down on crime or the road rebuilding project about to get underway.<\/p>\n

\u201cAreas of low income and poverty, they really are the last to get a dollar,\u201d noted Balderas. \u201cI\u2019m glad they finally realized we are a part of Toledo. We\u2019re not off to the side to be forgotten. I think it\u2019s good recognition that somebody finally realized that \u2018Hey, they haven\u2019t left\u2019 and they\u2019re trying to do everything they can with pennies to make it better.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Toledo Design Collective<\/em>, a nonprofit group of planners, designers, and architects, led an effort several years ago to update the Old South End master plan, coming up with the Broadway Mile Concept in collaboration with the Broadway Corridor Coalition. The original plan called for making that area a more walkable neighborhood with an artistic nod to its Latino roots.<\/p>\n

The Toledo Arts Commission<\/em> is leading a selection process for a $150,000 public art installation to be part of the neighborhood\u2019s improvements. 70 proposals from across the country have been whittled to four concepts: one each from artists in New York City, Los Angeles, Florida, and Toledo. Those attending the meeting got to vote for their favorite set of sculptures, each with a Latino flare, ranging from colorful steel sculptures to be placed in median strips to fiberglass birds that would serve as shelters at crosswalks.<\/p>\n

EDITOR\u2019\u2019S NOTE: The metro-Corridor [parts of South Broadway Street] contains Latino owned (or serving) businesses and organizations such as Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center (SQACC), El Rinc\u00f3n restaurant, Voces Latinas, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez Memorial Galer\u00eda, Providence Center, La Paloma Bakery, Tex-Mex Tortiller\u00eda, San Marcos restaurant, <\/em>and Nuestra Familia Community Projects<\/em>,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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