What we're looking for is to maintain
a neighborhood character and stability.
Well, when you back the street, you're
denying people access.
You're putting up a private domain.
At issue is this Street
Marwick.
It's not a long street, just a couple
of blocks.
But many people find it the most direct
and convenient route linking major
streets and freeways with Hewlin Mall
and other commercial development for
Loop today.
S drive to Barwick, then west
to Hewlin Street, bypassing a couple
of lights and frequently long lines of
traffic.
People who live along Barwick want the
street closed, or at least the traffic
diverted diverted south onto
West Haven, a narrower street.
A city staff doesn't agree, but the
Planning Commission says let's try it.
For 90 days, residents have chosen
up sides on the whole issue.
They're going to divert this traffic
down a neighborhood street
that is in no way built
to handle this much traffic.
The opposition is not
one of not wanting to do
something.
The opposition is they're afraid that
anything we do will
create a problem elsewhere.
Usually, street closings are minor
routine matters for the city council to
decide, but not this
one.
And the residents only hope the issue
doesn't split their friendships as well
as possibly dividing their neighborhood.
Bill Hix, Channel 5 Action News,
Fort Worth.