With the broad strokes of West Lafayette and Purdue University’s State Street Project settled, residents Thursday night delved into the nitty-gritty details of the Plenary Roads plan for the project. Each of the approximately one-dozen speakers at a public hearing was largely complimentary of the plan. However, one of the few areas of disagreement was the plan’s suggestion to convert many one-way roads into two-way streets. Purdue Fire Chief Kevin Ply, though, calls the measure a win for public safety. “The one-way streets as they are now limit our access to some of the buildings, they limit our response routes to some of the buildings,” he says. Other residents such Jon Fricker thinks the conversion of some roads would cause congestion. “We will have a thoroughfare that is less pedestrian-friendly, less transit-friendly and even less friendly for the motorists,” he says, calling specifically to keep University and Russell Streets unchanged. Fricker also expressed worry that a revamp
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