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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Ind. Courts - Still more on: Marion County Traffic Court in the news today
It is like siting a landfill or a nuclear plant. Updating this ILB entry from June 29th, quoting a story by Jon Murray in the Indianapolis Star that began on the hopeful note:
Marion County's second try at finding a new site for its busy traffic court and a satellite probation office could receive a crucial green light tonight.Last night another try failed, according to this story by Francesca Jarosz in the Star, headed "Council vote turns back relocation of traffic court: Resident opposition fuels rejection of move to Northwestside." Some quotes from the longish story:
The City-County Council Monday rejected a second proposal to relocate a county traffic court and satellite probation office, forcing officials to start over with the search for a site to alleviate crowding and parking problems at the state's busiest court.Or is it fourth?The council voted 15-10 against the bid to move the traffic court from a cramped space inside a police training building on the Far Eastside to a 25,000-square-foot former department store near West 38th Street and High School Road.
Some council members said they heeded complaints from residents of the area, who worried about convicted criminals checking in at the probation office that would replace a smaller office in the 3500 block of Lafayette Road. In the spring, similar concerns from neighbors about the probation office halted a proposal to move the facility to a shopping center near Lafayette Square Mall.
Judge Bill Young, who presides over Marion County's traffic court, said he and other court staff will begin their third -- and, he hopes, final -- attempt at finding a site. The traffic court lacks adequate parking and is intensely crowded at its current location.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 6, 2009 09:40 AM
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