[RP TownTalk] Route 1, Queensbury, and beyond (Sue Collins)

Thu Aug 4 13:18:20 UTC 2011

410 was put through Riverdale Park in 1967 taking out 66 large Victorian homes and dividing the town in half. That was suppose to keep people from using Riverdale road and Queensbury road as cut through from Hyattsville and New Carroliton.

Back in the 1950's both sides of Riverdale Park experienced huge building booms, similar to today.

This caused several huge problems for the town.  One was that it became a cut through. The traffic was so bad and there were so many car  accidents with the railway that CSX planned to permanently close the at grade crossing.

Town politicians, including Guy Tiberio, went o the state and made sure the crossing was left open. They relized if it were closed it would only further segment the town.

Personally, I think it should be only open at specified times of the day or to town residents, similar to the part of Queesburry in Hyattsville.

The other major problem brought about by the building boom was flooding.

All the land surrounding Riverdale Park is a flood plane. The increased building, he lack of research on the kind of land, led to terrible flooding through this entire part of Prince Georges County.

The Army Corp of Engineers paved the tributaries and straightened out the river in 1957. that eliminated the flooding. This restructuring of nature is starting o fail.

Today FEMA is reexamining the leaves and pumping stations. They are soon going to be building he sides of the river up three feet. bringing in gigantic dump trucks filled with clay dirt. 
The level of the river will also rise.
So that is another thing we have to look forward to.

As the saying goes those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

From: Nicholas Laureys <nicholas.laureys at gmail.com>
To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2011 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Route 1, Queensbury, and beyond (Sue Collins)

Could someone please tell us why Queens Chapel Road is closed where it goes through University Park?   

I was only a child in Riverdale Park in the '90s and it was already blocked off by then so I don't know the circumstances of it closure.  What I DO know is the fact that this road is closed off causes Washington, DC commuters to cut through Queensbury, MD 410, and Riverdale Road, causing us all the headaches described in these earlier posts.  I recall hearing that some politician (Glendening??) lived in University Park and was able to facilitate its closure.  If that's the case, then forget the 'Do not block intersection' signs, selective police enforcement, extra left turn lanes, and speed humps - what we need is for a state-level politician to move in to our town and close off Queensbury Road!

--Nicholas 

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>Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 04:17:58 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Sue Collins <wheadle at yahoo.com>
>To: bruce.wernek at mindspring.com, towntalk at riverdale-park.org
>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Route 1, Queensbury, and beyond
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>Well, I WAS going to say something, but my sense of humor tends towards the
>skewed anyhow, so thought I'd better not.? ? ;)
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>From: "bruce.wernek at mindspring.com" <bruce.wernek at mindspring.com>
>To: Sue Collins <wheadle at yahoo.com>; towntalk at riverdale-park.org
>Sent: Wed, August 3, 2011 3:14:00 PM
>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Route 1, Queensbury, and beyond
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>Looks like those folks are out to win the "Darwin Award".
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>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Sue Collins <wheadle at yahoo.com>
>>Sent: Aug 3, 2011 12:25 PM
>>To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
>>Subject: [RP TownTalk] Route 1, Queensbury, and beyond
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>>Ever walk around Lafayette and Queensbury at rush hour in the morning?? Or I
>>should say, try to?? Cars ARE backed all the way from Route 1 to Lafayette and
>>what makes it interesting is; sometimes, instead of waiting on the east side of
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>>the tracks for traffic to clear so they can cross safely, I'll see cars in
>>traffic parked ON the railroad tracks!? Hey, they don't mind putting themselves
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>>at risk........?? And in addition;?the cars will many times be backed up from
>>the tracks along Lafayette back to Ravenswood Road.?
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>>As for the signs saying "do not block intersection?"? Might as well save your
>>money and not bother; there is (or was?) a sign for northbound traffic at
>>Queensbury and Route?1 and it's the norm for people to park right in the middle
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>>of the intersection.? A real shame, but it does as much good as those stop
>>signs, "traffic calming lines," etc. we have in town along Lafayette/? When I'm
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>>out walking I notice it when people DO stop at a stop sign or don't block the
>>intersections.? And yes, friends and neighbors, it's?gonna get worse.... ?
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