[RP TownTalk] Good News - Trolley Trail and RR Crossing move forward

[Dwight Holmes]

This is indeed great news.  Thanks to everyone who has had a hand in it.
Given that the Cafritz brochure announcing the upcoming meetings has a photo
of what looks like a hiker-biker trail in it, it would seem like there's
reason for optimism on that end.

As for EYA -- part of EYA is in our town -- and access to the MARC and the
existence of a through hiker-biker trail (Hyattsville - RP - CP) would only
help their marketability, I would think. So maybe it would be possible to
get them to at least contribute to the costs of the RP section?

On 5/30/07, Rob Oppenheim <oppenheim at email.com> wrote:
>
>  * Installation of our railroad crossing's 4-arm safety gates is about to
> begin. *
>
>  The date for installation was moved up to Fri June 8 thru Monday June
> 10th
>  (the crossing will be closed for that weekend).
>
>  The road bed will also be repaired!!! No more huge holes in the road.
> (But lets
>  not count our chickens before they hatch). By the way, the RR crossing
> upgrade
>  is funded with federal RR safety dollars.
>
> * The Trolley Hiker-Biker Trail made it onto the planning docket of Park *
> * and Planning!*
>
> * * So it looks like the next step - detail planning - will move forward
> this year.
>  A big thanks to our County Councilmember Eric Olson for making this
> happen.
>
>  Here are some Trolley Trail milestones achieved since last fall:
>
>    - Won town council approval of the concept.
>    - Presented the idea at various MNCPPC and county planning meetings.
>    - Raised public awareness in newsletter articles etc.
>    - Discussed the project with Hyattsville, EYA, and the Cafritz
>    property owners.
>    - Raised public awareness higher with the Trolley Video Event at
>    S&J.
>    - Got the Title Search funded and started.
>    - And now we have the planning stage all set to go.
>
>
>  I sincerely hope that the new council will continue the momentum so the
> trail
>  will become a reality.
>
>  The Arts District Hyattsville developer (EYA) is committed to funding and
>
>  building a portion of the trail in Hyattsville. And hopefully, the
> Cafritz property
>  development will fund and build a large portion of the trail in Riverdale
> Park.
>
>  You can learn more about the trail here:
>  http://www.hyattsvilleh4x.com/index.php?post_id=178334&comments=on
>
>  -Rob Oppenheim
>  Outgoing Ward One Councilman, Riverdale Park
>
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