[RP TownTalk] Purple line and growth

[Carol DePrato]

We have already overgrown for our small town roads and as anyone who travels 
Route 1 knows, its only going to get worse.  All they do is stuff more and 
more condos and apartments into already crowded areas around here.  How much 
more do they think the schools and roads can take?  As it is, most public 
school kids live their lives in temporaries because the schools are already 
over crowed.  ...and its only going to get worse.  We will be as bad if not 
worse than Northern Virginia within 5 years.  ...and its only going to get 
worse.
Carol
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sue Collins" <wheadle at yahoo.com>
To: <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 12:45 PM
Subject: [RP TownTalk] Purple line and growth


Maryland, like many other urban areas, will continue to experience growth. 
Just
in the surrounding areas in the past few years we've seen many new condo
developments and apartments being built, new businesses, and now the Purple
Line. As I've said before, change is inevitable (if not comfortable). Now- 
many
people think all of this growth is a good thing but I have to ask, how much
planning is being done ahead of time? More condos and apartments, a new 
transit
line, etc., means more of a drain on town services (emergency services, 
trash
removal, etc). If more people move into the area, what about schools? The
dramatic increase in traffic? Any of us who've lived ihere for any length of
time probably have heard more than our share of horror stories from
surrounding areas which experienced a lot of growh in a relatively short 
period
of time. stories about underfunding, public services that are severely
overloaded with work, a dramatic increase in crime, etc.; the reaction you 
hear
most often is, "we didn't plan for THIS." If there's going to be change then 
so
be it; however, if there is not a lot of careful planning NOW for what will
happen in the long run, I can see our lovely town vanishing completely and I
think that is a shame.




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