“I really think, at this point in time, it is a waste of $10 or $15 million dollars to do this project. I really think (that) five years from now, with the way Georgetown is being improved commercially and the re-birth of the commercial area, we are going to go back and say this was not a sufficient and incremental improvement in the pedestrian experience to have spent that much money on.

“I am at the point now, that I believe it would be better to put the project on the shelf and either do further studies or just wait for a time when we can. I am not saying ‘Don’t do the infrastructure’, I am saying the $10 million…when you look at these plans, when you walk down the street, ask yourself whether I myself as a pedestrian am going to feel better for the money spent, not the infrastructure.

“I respectfully and regrettably say, for all this excellent work we are doing – if we don’t widen the sidewalks, it’s a waste of money.

“I’m saying why would you come back later and do the study rather than put this $10 million dollar expenditure on hold?”