<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;" size="4">Beyond disappointing IMO. And the WF (now I now what that acronym stands for) bridge still closes Lafayette Avenue with the bridge woefully beyond projection for completion to relieve traffic congestion that could make for a greener environment with fewer cars idling into our air. “Sustainable Maryland Certified Status” should be revoked for RP and UP, IMO. <a href="https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/umd-awards-sustainable-maryland-certified-status-13-municipalities">https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/umd-awards-sustainable-maryland-certified-status-13-municipalities</a> </font><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><font size="4">A pox upon those who have dollar signs $$$ where their vision and proper planning for a livable community should be!</font></div><br><blockquote style="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: black;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Dan Behrend <danbehrend@gmail.com>
<br>Sent: Mar 7, 2018 3:25 PM
<br>To: towntalk@riverdale-park.org
<br>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION UPDATE NOTICE – REGARDING THE HIKER BIKER TRAIL
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This is disappointing.<div><br></div><div>While I certainly don't condone the actions that led to the developer's decision to again limit pedestrian access to the site<span> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">- vandalism, two bad drivers, a letter from a resident of College Park -</span> there has to be a better solution than blocking the trail for two weeks or longer. </div><div><br></div><div>At a minimum, it would've been nice if they waited until the sidewalk along Route 1 was finished before they installed the fence.</div><div><br></div><div>As someone who bikes on DC roads with high volumes of traffic past the construction of a bridge, two very tall buildings, a stadium, and a national memorial everyday, I don't understand why having a trail through Riverdale Park Station proves to be so difficult.<br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Can someone from the town please clarify whether this is going to be a recurring issue with the trail being inaccessible because the developer will not permit access due to nearby construction? What happens to the trail when they finish building 5 garage, start on the hotel, etc.? </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Also, did the town have any input in closing the trail yesterday?</span><div class="gmail-yj6qo" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">
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