<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">410 was put through Riverdale Park in 1967 taking out 66 large <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Victorian</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> homes and <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-2><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-2><SPAN>dividing</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> the town in half. That was <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-3><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-3><SPAN>suppose</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> to keep people from using Riverdale road and <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-5><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-5><SPAN id=misspell-2><SPAN id=misspell-2><SPAN id=misspell-2><SPAN id=misspell-2><SPAN id=misspell-2><SPAN id=misspell-2><SPAN id=misspell-2
class=mark>Queensbury</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> road as cut <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-6><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-6><SPAN>through</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> from <SPAN id=misspell-7><SPAN id=misspell-7><SPAN id=misspell-3><SPAN id=misspell-3><SPAN id=misspell-3><SPAN id=misspell-3><SPAN id=misspell-3><SPAN id=misspell-3><SPAN id=misspell-3 class=mark>Hyattsville</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> and New <SPAN id=misspell-8><SPAN id=misspell-8><SPAN id=misspell-4><SPAN id=misspell-4><SPAN id=misspell-4><SPAN id=misspell-4><SPAN id=misspell-4><SPAN id=misspell-4><SPAN id=misspell-4 class=mark>Carroliton</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Back in the 1950's both sides of Riverdale Park <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-10><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-10><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">experienced</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> huge building booms, similar to today.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">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 <SPAN id=misspell-11><SPAN id=misspell-11><SPAN id=misspell-6><SPAN id=misspell-6><SPAN id=misspell-6><SPAN id=misspell-6><SPAN id=misspell-6><SPAN id=misspell-6><SPAN id=misspell-6 class=mark>CSX</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> planned to <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-12><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-12><SPAN>permanently</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> close the at grade crossing.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Town <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-13><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-13><SPAN>politicians</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, including Guy <SPAN id=misspell-14><SPAN id=misspell-14><SPAN id=misspell-7><SPAN id=misspell-7><SPAN id=misspell-7><SPAN id=misspell-7><SPAN id=misspell-7><SPAN id=misspell-7><SPAN id=misspell-7 class=mark>Tiberio</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, went o the state and made sure the crossing was left open. They <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-15><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-15><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-8><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-8><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-8><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-8><SPAN id=misspell-8><SPAN id=misspell-8><SPAN id=misspell-8 class=mark>relized</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> if it were closed it would only further segment the
town.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-16><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-16><SPAN>Personally</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, I think it should be only open at specified times of the day or to town residents, similar to the part of <SPAN id=misspell-17><SPAN id=misspell-17><SPAN id=misspell-9><SPAN id=misspell-9><SPAN id=misspell-9><SPAN id=misspell-9><SPAN id=misspell-9><SPAN id=misspell-9><SPAN id=misspell-9 class=mark>Queesburry</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> in <SPAN id=misspell-18><SPAN id=misspell-18><SPAN id=misspell-10><SPAN id=misspell-10><SPAN id=misspell-10><SPAN id=misspell-10><SPAN id=misspell-10><SPAN id=misspell-10><SPAN id=misspell-10 class=mark>Hyattsville</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">The other major problem brought about by the building boom was flooding.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">All the land surrounding Riverdale Park is a flood plane. The increased building, he lack of research on the kind of land, led to <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-20><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-20><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-12><SPAN>terrible</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> flooding through this entire part of Prince Georges County.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">The Army Corp of <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-21><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-21><SPAN>Engineers</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> paved the tributaries and straightened out the river in 1957. that <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-22><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-22><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-12><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-12><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-12><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-12><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-12><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-12><SPAN>eliminated</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> the flooding. This <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-23><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-23><SPAN>restructuring</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> of nature is starting o fail.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Today <SPAN id=misspell-24><SPAN id=misspell-24><SPAN id=misspell-13><SPAN id=misspell-13><SPAN id=misspell-13><SPAN id=misspell-13><SPAN id=misspell-13><SPAN id=misspell-13><SPAN id=misspell-13 class=mark>FEMA</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> is reexamining the <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-25><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-25><SPAN>leaves</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> 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. </SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">The <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-26><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-26><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-14><SPAN>level</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> of the river will also rise.</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">So that is <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-27><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-27><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-15><SPAN>another</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> thing we have to look forward to.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">As the saying goes those who do not learn from history are doomed to <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-28><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-28><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-16><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">repeat</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> it.</SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Nicholas Laureys <nicholas.laureys@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> towntalk@riverdale-park.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, August 4, 2011 8:26 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [RP TownTalk] Route 1, <SPAN id=misspell-31><SPAN id=misspell-31><SPAN id=misspell-19><SPAN id=misspell-16><SPAN id=misspell-16><SPAN id=misspell-16><SPAN id=misspell-16><SPAN id=misspell-16><SPAN id=misspell-16 class=mark>Queensbury</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, and beyond
(Sue Collins)<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv1050402808>Could someone please tell us why Queens Chapel Road is closed where it goes through University Park?
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<DIV>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 <SPAN id=misspell-33><SPAN id=misspell-33><SPAN id=misspell-21><SPAN id=misspell-18><SPAN id=misspell-18><SPAN id=misspell-18><SPAN id=misspell-18><SPAN id=misspell-18><SPAN id=misspell-18 class=mark>Queensbury</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, MD 410, and Riverdale Road, causing us all the headaches described in these earlier posts. I recall hearing that some politician (<SPAN id=misspell-35><SPAN id=misspell-35><SPAN id=misspell-23><SPAN id=misspell-20><SPAN id=misspell-20><SPAN id=misspell-20><SPAN id=misspell-20><SPAN id=misspell-20><SPAN id=misspell-20 class=mark>Glendening</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>??) 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 <SPAN id=misspell-36><SPAN id=misspell-36><SPAN id=misspell-24><SPAN id=misspell-21><SPAN id=misspell-21><SPAN id=misspell-21><SPAN id=misspell-21><SPAN id=misspell-21><SPAN id=misspell-21 class=mark>Queensbury</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> Road!</DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">--Nicholas <BR><BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; RIGHT: auto" class=yiv1050402808gmail_quote><BR style="RIGHT: auto"><BR>Message: 11<BR>Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 04:17:58 -0700 (PDT)<BR>From: Sue Collins <<A href="mailto:wheadle@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:wheadle@yahoo.com">wheadle@yahoo.com</A>><BR>To: <A href="mailto:bruce.wernek@mindspring.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:bruce.wernek@mindspring.com">bruce.wernek@mindspring.com</A>, <A href="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org">towntalk@riverdale-park.org</A><BR>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Route 1, <SPAN id=misspell-38><SPAN id=misspell-38><SPAN id=misspell-26><SPAN id=misspell-23><SPAN id=misspell-23><SPAN id=misspell-23><SPAN id=misspell-23><SPAN id=misspell-23><SPAN id=misspell-23
class=mark>Queensbury</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, and beyond<BR>Message-ID:<BR> <<A href="mailto:1312456678.25441.YahooMailRC@web112606.mail.gq1.yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:1312456678.25441.YahooMailRC@web112606.mail.gq1.yahoo.com">1312456678.25441.YahooMailRC@web112606.mail.gq1.yahoo.com</A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; <SPAN id=misspell-39><SPAN id=misspell-39><SPAN id=misspell-27><SPAN id=misspell-24><SPAN id=misspell-24><SPAN id=misspell-24><SPAN id=misspell-24><SPAN id=misspell-24><SPAN id=misspell-24 class=mark>charset</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>=<SPAN id=misspell-40><SPAN id=misspell-40><SPAN id=misspell-28><SPAN id=misspell-25><SPAN id=misspell-25><SPAN id=misspell-25><SPAN id=misspell-25><SPAN id=misspell-25><SPAN id=misspell-25
class=mark>iso</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>-8859-1<BR><BR>Well, I WAS going to say something, but my sense of humor tends towards the<BR>skewed anyhow, so thought I'd better not.? ? ;)<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message ----<BR>From: "<A href="mailto:bruce.wernek@mindspring.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:bruce.wernek@mindspring.com">bruce.wernek@mindspring.com</A>" <<A href="mailto:bruce.wernek@mindspring.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:bruce.wernek@mindspring.com">bruce.wernek@mindspring.com</A>><BR>To: Sue Collins <<A href="mailto:wheadle@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:wheadle@yahoo.com">wheadle@yahoo.com</A>>; <A href="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org">towntalk@riverdale-park.org</A><BR>Sent: Wed, August 3, 2011 3:14:00 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Route 1, <SPAN
id=misspell-42><SPAN id=misspell-42><SPAN id=misspell-30><SPAN id=misspell-27><SPAN id=misspell-27><SPAN id=misspell-27><SPAN id=misspell-27><SPAN id=misspell-27><SPAN id=misspell-27 class=mark>Queensbury</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, and beyond<BR><BR>Looks like those folks are out to win the "Darwin Award".<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>>From: Sue Collins <<A href="mailto:wheadle@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:wheadle@yahoo.com">wheadle@yahoo.com</A>><BR>>Sent: Aug 3, 2011 12:25 PM<BR>>To: <A href="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org">towntalk@riverdale-park.org</A><BR>>Subject: [RP TownTalk] Route 1, <SPAN id=misspell-44><SPAN id=misspell-44><SPAN id=misspell-32><SPAN id=misspell-29><SPAN id=misspell-29><SPAN id=misspell-29><SPAN id=misspell-29><SPAN id=misspell-29><SPAN id=misspell-29
class=mark>Queensbury</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, and beyond<BR>><BR>>Ever walk around Lafayette and <SPAN id=misspell-45><SPAN id=misspell-45><SPAN id=misspell-33><SPAN id=misspell-30><SPAN id=misspell-30><SPAN id=misspell-30><SPAN id=misspell-30><SPAN id=misspell-30><SPAN id=misspell-30 class=mark>Queensbury</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> at rush hour in the morning?? Or I<BR>>should say, try to?? Cars ARE backed all the way from Route 1 to Lafayette and<BR>>what makes it interesting is; sometimes, instead of waiting on the east side of<BR><BR>>the tracks for traffic to clear so they can cross safely, I'll see cars in<BR>>traffic parked ON the railroad tracks!? Hey, they don't mind putting themselves<BR><BR>>at risk........?? And in addition;?the cars will many times be backed up from<BR>>the tracks along Lafayette back to <SPAN id=misspell-46><SPAN
id=misspell-46><SPAN id=misspell-34><SPAN id=misspell-31><SPAN id=misspell-31><SPAN id=misspell-31><SPAN id=misspell-31><SPAN id=misspell-31><SPAN id=misspell-31 class=mark>Ravenswood</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> Road.?<BR>><BR>><BR>>As for the signs saying "do not block intersection?"? Might as well save your<BR>>money and not bother; there is (or was?) a sign for northbound traffic at<BR>><SPAN id=misspell-47><SPAN id=misspell-47><SPAN id=misspell-35><SPAN id=misspell-32><SPAN id=misspell-32><SPAN id=misspell-32><SPAN id=misspell-32><SPAN id=misspell-32><SPAN id=misspell-32 class=mark>Queensbury</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> and Route?1 and it's the norm for people to park right in the middle<BR><BR>>of the intersection.? A real shame, but it does as much good as those stop<BR>>signs, "traffic calming lines," etc. we have in town along Lafayette/? When
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