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La Porte resident urges repair of Newport Landing brick entrance and says downtown posts create hazard
Summary
At a July 30 La Porte Redevelopment Commission meeting, longtime resident Bob Geralt urged the commission to repair broken bricks at the Newport Landing entrance and reconsider temporary posts in downtown streets, saying both pose safety risks and detract from business revitalization efforts.
Bob Geralt, a La Porte resident of 36 years, told the La Porte Redevelopment Commission on July 30 that the brick entrance at Newport Landing is broken and unsafe and urged the commission to repair it and address downtown traffic-post hazards.
Geralt said he raised the entrance issue with commission members in January and recalled a conversation with “Mr. Cook” and a city representative about repairing the brick area and cleaning it up. “The bricks are still broken, crumbling. And they're unsafe,” Geralt said. He described the area as creating a risk of flat tires and potential accidents as drivers try to avoid the damaged intersection.
Geralt also raised concerns about orange-and-white posts placed in downtown streets, calling them “more of a hazard than a safety” and saying they make turns difficult when cars are parked or driving on side streets. He said he understood the posts are removed in winter for snowplows but urged the commission to consider a longer-term solution.
Geralt said Newport Landing is seeing more businesses and that the entrance will be used more frequently as redevelopment continues. He asked whether the commission’s tax-increment financing (TIF) district covers the downtown area; he said he looked this up online and believed it does, but he did not provide a specific citation or ordinance.
Public comment opened at approximately 5:16 p.m. and closed at about 5:20 p.m. The commission did not take formal action on Geralt’s requests during the meeting; no staff report, motion, or vote addressing the Newport Landing bricks or downtown posts is recorded in the meeting minutes presented at this session.
Geralt’s remarks were the only public comment recorded on these topics at the July 30 meeting. The commission proceeded to other agenda items after closing public comment.
