<div dir="ltr">Done. Thank you, David.<div>(I wonder if they would dared have proposed a solid wall like that in Bethesda?)</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 7:39 AM, David Lingua <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:djlingua@yahoo.com" target="_blank">djlingua@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Neighbours,</div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>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 </span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>concern</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span> about the</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span> </span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>redesign is the use of</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span> a solid concrete wall support at this major intersection.</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>The main section, supporting the station stop, will be </span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>over 500 feet long and 26-feet high</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>; creating a solid support structure close to a quarter mile in length</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>. </span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>It is their belief this</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span> structure would visually and physically divide our community in half</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span> and that a</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>dding a wall of this magnitude would stifle economic growth</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>. CKAR is advocating for a column support structure which it believes would be</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span> a positive transit solution. CKAR believes an open design</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span> would </span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>genera</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>te </span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>quality economic development, provide safer crossings, increased overhead weather coverage for its patrons and a better design for the </span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>elevators and stairs with uninterrupted visibility </span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>(</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>from grade</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>)</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span> to discourage crime</span></span><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>. 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:</span></span><a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/purple-line-no-wall-divide?source=c.fwd&r_by=15695968" style="text-align:left" target="_blank"><span style="direction:rtl">http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/purple-line-no-wall-divide?source=c.fwd&r_by=15695968</span></a><span style="direction:rtl;text-align:left"><span>.</span></span></span></div><div>Thank you for your consideration of this very important issue.</div><div>Sincerely,<br><br>David</div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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