[DVBC] Upper Providence Trail

[Dave Hartrum]

Woody and David thanks to you both for the time and effort you put in  
to support the cycling community
and improvements to the cycling experience in the Delaware Valley  
area. It is a tough battle and I
know you will both carry on and continue your efforts even with this  
set back.

Dave Hartrum
dhartrum at mac.com


On Mar 14, 2008, at 6:07 AM, dster at craftech.com wrote:

>> Woody,
>
> Thank you for attending the meeting and keeping us in the loop.   
> Your news
> reflects a sea change in the course of the debate.  I thought that  
> there
> was overwhelming support in Upper Providence for improvement of  
> bike/ped
> facilities and that the issues the opposition addressed were well
> addressed at previous meetings.  Mis -information has ruled the  
> day.  The
> concerns you have mentioned are the typical ones frequently brought  
> up by
> opposition in addressing changes in municipal infrastructures to  
> enhance
> walking and cycling. Some of us remember those ugly meetings for the
> Chester Creek Rail Trail. We will reply to those concerns in due  
> course.
> We are the Delaware County Cycling Committee of the Bicycle  
> Coalition of
> Greater Philadelphia.  If any of you are interested in joining us,  
> we have
> a mailing list at delcobikes at yahoogroups.com.  I am the chairman and
> moderator of that group.
>
> David Bennett
>
>
>
>
> I attended the Upper Providence Township Council meeting tonight.  
> It was
>> the
>> biggest crowd ever at a township meeting. I'd say three hundred  
>> residents
>> came out to rant at the council on the poor job they did on  
>> communicating
>> with the community on this project and urged them to vote down the  
>> entire
>> proposal, which they did.
>>
>> The speakers from the audience called the report by the consultants a
>> waste
>> of $80,000.00 that was poorly done. The arguments of higher taxes,
>> undisclosed expenses, security issues, and eminant domain  
>> concerns, that
>> the
>> township would take land from property owners highlighted the  
>> opponents
>> points. Only three people spoke out in favor of the proposal. 30  
>> or so
>> against.
>>
>> Alot of work went into this plan and it is a shame that it seems  
>> to have
>> been killed by the inclusion of trails that would have been built  
>> on or
>> behind private property many years in the future. In this case it  
>> might
>> have
>> been better to start small with just some designated streets and  
>> extended
>> sidewalks. That might have been downed too. The venum in the room  
>> was that
>> thick.
>>
>> Woody
>>
>>
>>
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