Goldenhawk
Well-Known Member
Maybe I should post this in the political section of the forums, as it seems a fairly obvious bit of campaigning by Bohanan. But it actually does relate to real life for many of us, so here it is...
Forum 10/14 about Route 5 and Great Mills Rd intersection
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Typical pre-election pandering. Seems like Steny's face is everywhere at the moment... kissing hands and shaking babies.
I've wondered why there were no overhead pedestrian bridges here, they were so commonplace in Michigan when I was growing up.
GWguy
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higher taxes, automated traffic law enforcement, the more revenue they can raise, the better.
Two weeks later, big John is going to tell us how he's going to fix Rt 5 in Scotland, to Point Lookout State Park.
Twenty years on the back burner. I bet it doesn't take 20 seconds after the election to get back on th back burner.
http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/1014/route-5-in-southern-st-marys-back-on-states-radar.html
Twenty years on the back burner. I bet it doesn't take 20 seconds after the election to get back on th back burner.
http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/1014/route-5-in-southern-st-marys-back-on-states-radar.html
GWguy
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Best of both worlds, a figure eight. Now that could add some excitement.
I posted about this intersection a while back. Not much different than a figure 8.
http://www.virginiadot.org/VDOT/Projects/Culpeper/asset_upload_file40_52291.pdf
awpitt
Main Streeter
If you don't like it why don't you show up to one of the meetings, stand up, and call him out on it? Or is it easier to stay behind you computer monitor and keyboard?
and just how many "students" walk to any school in this county?
Town Creek might be the exception to the rule.
But some neuro challenged soul wants to spend several million dollars to build a walkway that might get used less than half the year for a handful of people.
Yet we ignore the traffic problems that feeds the largest single employer in the region.
Goldenhawk
Well-Known Member
I live in the neighborhood. You are apparently unaware of the real problem, our interests in fixing it, and the scope of the proposed solutions. Please allow me to shed some light on the subject.
There are many dozens of teens in the neighborhood who attend GMHS, and it's a very close walk. Having walking access to the school lightens the load on public school bus transportation and reduces automobile traffic during both rush hours - it's potentially an inexpensive improvement to the overall Great Mills intersection problems.
However there are two problems. One, a few years ago the school administration fenced the entire GHMS sports field complex, cutting off access to the school from the previous walkway. Two, there IS a Metcom right of way that accesses the Great Mills pool, from which it's easy to reach the school. But it runs between two residents' yards, and is only a few feet wide; understandably those residents are very unhappy about the passthru traffic and damage to their property, both by residents' teenagers but also the truancy traffic all day long. They have a right to some protection. So the Bay Ridge residents are not looking for millions of dollars of sidewalk; most would be satisfied with a suitable opening in the fence around the sports fields, or some protective fencing along the Metcom right-of-way. In any case, this meeting was a good opportunity to show our county commissioners the problem and begin searching for a suitable and cost-effective solution.