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So Close... And Yet...
So Far Away!
Limited traffic access is a common problem with many venues,
especially "permanent temporary" (seasonal) sites as is the
TC.
Post 9-11, access options should be of concern and
maintained.
A valuable emergency right
of way is no longer viable at the TC.
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"So Close"
DARYL HALL / JOHN OATES
#11 Hit for 1 Week -- Top 40 for 9
Weeks
First charted 10/20/90
Co-produced by Jon Bon Jovi
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"So Far Away"
CAROLE KING
#14 Hit for 1 Week -- Top 40 for 9
Weeks
First charted 09/04/71
James Taylor on Acoustic Guitar
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Post 9-11, traffic congestion that was once just
an annoyance is now a concern... or at least it should be for high visibility targets, of which the Tweeter
Center qualitifies.
There are two entrances/exits from the Tweeter Center;
The Main Entrance --which might handle four vehicles abreast in calm moments, and a Side Entrance. Both could be blocked
on purpose or by accident, especially the limited Side Entrance.
In 2002, The Tweeter Center created a premium priced parking
lot which is to the left on the Main Entrance drive; the lot starts about half way from the venue amphitheater gates.
From Rte. 140, there is land infront of this
lot:
The Bad News...
is that a building has been erected on this
parcel with more development possible in front of this building.
| Backup Access: So Close...and yet...So Far Away! |
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| TC's Main Drive Just Beyond Fence -- Private Drive In Lower Rt Corner |
The Worse News... is that the grades between the Tweeter Center's premium parking lot and
the building's parking lot were not graded, but tiered with the blocks.
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| Blocks Provide Grade Retention Tier Between TC & Contractor's Lots |
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| TC Premium Parking Lot Begins Above Grass Ridge |
The Worst News... is that a retention / detention pond apparently was required by the Town of Mansfield... this depression also
being depressing as it blocks off any safety valve for a rapid ingress or egress.
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| This Is "High Tide" -- Excess Space Could Provide An Emergency Right-of-Way Exit |
Frankly, we need not ponder the relative merits of this retention pond which
holds back more vehicles than water! An emergency right-of-way could be created with a smaller pond,
a realistic step as these pictures were taken at the very height of the Spring rains in 2004.
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