[RP TownTalk] Fwd: help East west Highway

Tue Jun 15 22:35:15 UTC 2010

I have a concern to share. Whatever you
decide to put in the medium strip, it should
not act as a retreat for small animals or birds.
Riding the roads as much as we do, bushes
& flowes in medium strips attract wild 
animals & birds.  When the birds need the
bushes for shelter, they flock there. Then
when they go to fly away, the flock flies
into on coming cars causing a blood bath
in the road.  It is terrible to see. Greenbelt
plants regular flowers which do not 
attract birds or small animals.  Wildflowers
are nice if the medium strip is very wide but
our medium strip is kind of narrow.  The flocks
of birds would not have a chance. Thanks. Emily

In a message dated 6/15/2010 7:36:59 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
annelbv at yahoo.com writes:

I am personally in favor of meadows.

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 From: "ABragg7393 at aol.com"  <ABragg7393 at aol.com>
To:  towntalk at riverdale-park.org
Sent: Tue, June 8, 2010 11:53:09  AM
Subject: [RP TownTalk]  Fwd: help East west Highway

This morning I sent this note to Justin Ross our State delegate.   This is 
the reply I got.  Is anyone willing to take on this  project?  We need the 
town to get involved as they need to make the  request.
Our road should look as good as those in College Park and Greenbelt and  we 
need to do something about it.  I believe the town said this road is a  
State responsibility.  Let's get them to be responsible.  Who is  willing to 
work on this and who in the town gov't  will help?
Audrey

____________________________________
 From: Justin.Ross at house.state.md.us
To: ABragg7393 at aol.com
Sent:  6/8/2010 11:13:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: RE: help

Audrey, 
Thanks for writing. There  are a few things to consider when it comes to 
roadway beautification, the  first being who maintains the road.  It could be 
the municipality,  county or State.  Often times those roads maintained by 
the former have  much more landscaping and are better cared for.  
However, the State  Highway Administration (SHA), who maintains east-west 
highway, does offer  programs for roadway beautification that the town or 
other interested  parties could look into: 
Under the  Partnership Planting  Program the SHA will examine the 
feasibility of a beautification  project in the area upon request and provide 
interested parties (usually a  local government or community group) with a design.  
If the plan is  approved by affected parties the SHA will work with those 
who requested the  project to implement it.  Usually this means SHA will 
provide the  supplies and community members will volunteer to do the labor and 
maintain  the site. The above link has more information about the program.   
SHA also has a _wildflower  program_ 
(http://www.marylandroads.com/Index.aspx?PageId=143&d=100)  that could be implemented into certain areas of the  
highway. Additionally, they also have an adopt/sponsor the road program that  
the town could look into.  
If any of these options  interest you, let me know and we could discuss how 
to go about pursuing  them.  Also, if you ever feel as though maintenance 
on a particular  State managed road is long overdue. Please feel free to let 
us know.   The SHA will mow or make repairs upon request.  In fact, if you 
know  the location of the broken trees, I’d be happy to call the maintenance  
program today to see to it that it is addressed.   
I hope this email was  helpful.  I look forward to working with you to 
beautify rt. 410!   
Thanks! 
Gia 

________________________ 
Gianna  Franzone 
Legislative  Aide  
Office  of Delegate Justin D. Ross  
Chief Deputy  Majority Whip 
6  Bladen St. Rm 151 Annapolis, MD 21401  
(301)  858-3652

From: ABragg7393 at aol.com  [mailto:ABragg7393 at aol.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 9:59  AM
To: Ross, Justin Delegate
Subject:  help

Hi  Justin,

Hope all is  well with  you.  I wonder if you would help me with  
something.  I went to the Riverdale Park Town meeting last night and  they were 
passing an ordinance about height of grass and keeping the  neighborhoods neat 
and groomed.  I am all for that, but I asked if they  could include public 
areas in that ordinance, since the East West Highway  (410) looks like a 
ghetto.  They said they had no control over the  state and they could not issue 
the state a citation, since the state is  where they get their charter.  I 
said that the median strip has had  very little care and looks really bad when 
you drive through.  Trees  that were destroyed during the winter storms have 
not been attended  too.  When "someone" comes in to cut the grass/weeds 
they do a poor job  and it still doesn't look groomed.  I see on Kenilworth 
Ave. near the  Beltway (Greenbelt) they have planted flowers and trees and it 
is a pleasant  sight.  On Adelphi Road near the golf course (College Park) 
the  landscaping is fabulous.  The East West Highway is the main road into  
our town here in Riverdale Park and it says something about us...Right now  it 
says, "keep going"  you don't want to stop here.  Years ago  when they put 
the highway in it divided our town.  The town made a  sacrifice for all the 
other little towns to have the convenience of that  highway.  Now the other 
towns are being taken care of and our town is  looking poor and unkempt.  
Please help with this, since our Mayor and  council feel they can do nothing.

Thank you  Justin,

Audrey  Bragg

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