[RP TownTalk] Purple Line Station Petition

[Audrey Bragg]

Bruce, I don't think you came to the meeting where we saw the original station design and then the change to solid wall.  What we want is the original design.  The petition is important and I urge all members of the community to sign it.  From what I heard at the meeting, the Purple line is not going to do anything, they are going to flip it to the county and have the county pay for it.  I know Dannielle Glaros is working on this with the county and hopefully she can make it happen.
Audrey



 







-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Wernek <bruce.wernek at verizon.net>
To: sfmc68 <sfmc68 at verizon.net>; towntalk <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
Sent: Tue, Jun 7, 2016 1:29 pm
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Purple Line Station Petition



Neighbors,

I think the Purple Line team is willing to work with the Town on the Purple Line train station at E/W highway and Kenilworth Ave.  The biggest hurtle to overcome is cost.  A wall is cheaper than a platform.  

I'm not sure if a petition is really going to accomplish anything.  Say you get 5000 signatures of people who don't like the wall.  Then what?  What's next?  Time is a big issue.  The quicker a decision is made the better.  With a petition you go back to square one, no wall and no alternative.  

I think it would be more fruitful to offer an alternative(s) to the Purple Line team not a petition.  Then setup a meeting with the Town, locals, and Purple Line team to review.  Doing so will open the discussion for a solution.  I was thinking of perhaps a partial wall with a reasonably large platform under the tracks.  It will be cheaper to build than a full length platform and may be acceptable to the Purple Line team.  I'm certain there are other options.  Any ideas?

Bruce

 
 

On 06/07/16, bob smith<sfmc68 at verizon.net> wrote:
 
Thanks Councilman Lingua, done, saved me from looking for the link.
And I do like Dwight's comment, right on the mark.
bob smith

On 6/7/16 7:39 AM, David Lingua wrote:
> Neighbours,
> The Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization CDC has started a petition
> calling on state officials to reconsider the recently substituted solid
> wall design for the Purple Line stop at Kenilworth Avenue and MD 410.
>  CKAR considers this a priority issue and is looking to garner 5,000
> signatures. Their concern about the redesign is the use of a solid
> concrete wall support at this major intersection.The main section,
> supporting the station stop, will be over 500 feet long and 26-feet
> high; creating a solid support structure close to a quarter mile in
> length. It is their belief this structure would visually and physically
> divide our community in half and that adding a wall of this magnitude
> would stifle economic growth. CKAR is advocating for a column support
> structure which it believes would be a positive transit solution. CKAR
> believes an open design would generate quality economic development,
> provide safer crossings, increased overhead weather coverage for its
> patrons and a better design for the elevators and stairs with
> uninterrupted visibility (from grade) to discourage crime. On this 5.6
> billion dollar project, the cost difference is said to be approximately
> 4.0 million dollars. The petition can be found
> here:http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/purple-line-no-wall-divide?source=c.fwd&r_by=15695968.
> Thank you for your consideration of this very important issue.
> Sincerely,
> 
> David
> 
> 
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