Intersection Realignment Out of Line, Preservationists Say ; the City May Have to Undo the $25,000 West End Project Because It Didn't Confer with the Historic District Board.

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Portland officials are chalking up a mishandled West End street project as a $25,000 lesson learned.

Last fall, the city realigned a five-way intersection at Neal, Clifford and Bowdoin streets to address some neighbors' long- standing concerns about traffic safety. Soon, public works crews may be asked to tear up new sod, curbing and drainage pipes because other neighbors and the Historic Preservation Board don't like the change.

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Intersection Realignment Out of Line, Preservationists Say ; the City May Have to Undo the $25,000 West End Project Because It Didn't Confer with the Historic District Board.

The project included a large bumpout at the corner of Neal and Clifford streets, which now impedes the approach to Bowdoin Street, one of the city's most historically and archi...

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