This is indeed great news. Thanks to everyone who has had a hand in it.<br>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.
<br><br>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?
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rob Oppenheim</b> <<a href="mailto:oppenheim@email.com">oppenheim@email.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><b><font face="Arial" size="3"> Installation of our railroad crossing's 4-arm safety gates is about to begin. </font></b></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"> The date for installation was moved up to Fri June 8 thru Monday June 10th </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"> (the crossing will be closed for that weekend). </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"> The road bed will also be repaired!!! No more huge holes in the road. (But lets </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"> not count our chickens before they hatch). By the way, the RR crossing upgrade </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"> is funded with federal RR safety dollars.</font></div>
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<div><b><font face="Arial" size="3"> The Trolley Hiker-Biker Trail made it onto the planning docket of Park </font></b></div>
<div><b><font face="Arial" size="3"> and Planning!</font></b></div>
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<b><font face="Arial" size="3"> </font></b><div><font face="Arial" size="3"> So it looks like the next step - detail planning - will move forward this year.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"> A big thanks to our County Councilmember Eric Olson for making this happen.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"> Here are some Trolley Trail milestones achieved since last fall:</font></div>
<ul><li><font face="Arial" size="3"> Won town council approval of the concept.</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="3"> Presented the idea at various MNCPPC and county planning meetings.</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="3"> Raised public awareness in newsletter articles etc.</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="3"> Discussed the project with Hyattsville, EYA, and the Cafritz property owners.</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="3"> Raised public awareness higher with the Trolley Video Event at S&J.</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="3"> Got the Title Search funded and started.</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="3"> And now we have the planning stage all set to go.</font></li>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"> I sincerely hope that the new council will continue the momentum so the trail </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"> will become a reality.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"> The Arts District Hyattsville developer (EYA) is committed to funding and </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"> building a portion of the trail in Hyattsville. And hopefully, the Cafritz property </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"> development will fund and build a large portion of the trail in Riverdale Park. </font></div>
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<font face="Arial" size="3"> </font><div><font face="Arial" size="3"> You can learn more about the trail here:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"> -Rob Oppenheim</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"> Outgoing Ward One Councilman, Riverdale Park</font></div></div></blockquote></div><br>