Bustem' Down
Give Peas a Chance
I think this has something to do with horses, so I'll ask here. What is it? I see houses in my area with signs up protesting Rails to Trails.
Huge program in PA.. they were trying to make hiking and biking trails from Eerie to Scranton. Where I lived I had over 20 miles of trails at the bottom of the hill I live on, shadowing the Allegheny RIver.. BEAUTIFUL bike rides.. over railroad trellis's.. through old tunnels, along aold estates..Bustem' Down said:I think this has something to do with horses, so I'll ask here. What is it? I see houses in my area with signs up protesting Rails to Trails.
WHY would someone protest that?itsbob said:Huge program in PA.. they were trying to make hiking and biking trails from Eerie to Scranton. Where I lived I had over 20 miles of trails at the bottom of the hill I live on, shadowing the Allegheny RIver.. BEAUTIFUL bike rides.. over railroad trellis's.. through old tunnels, along aold estates..
Beats me, but I see signs out against rails to trails.happyappygirl said:WHY would someone protest that?
From what I understand from PA, when the RR abandoned the lines and pulled up the rails, property owners kind of assumed the property as their own, made it part of their yards.. For rails to trails to work the state takes ownership of the RIght of Way back from the property owners, and puts the trail right through their back yard.happyappygirl said:WHY would someone protest that?
"Volunteers" doing community service in most cases.Katie said:They have volunteers ride their bikes along the trails to make sure there are no issues.
thats probably it, i remember reading about the one in upper st marys a while back and people were biatchin that it would go through their backyards and such.....itsbob said:From what I understand from PA, when the RR abandoned the lines and pulled up the rails, property owners kind of assumed the property as their own, made it part of their yards.. For rails to trails to work the state takes ownership of the RIght of Way back from the property owners, and puts the trail right through their back yard.
From what I understand it is not thier land and some may be protesting because of the backyards and such. But I thought this had been put on hold as they were researching putting a commuter line there. :shrug:Midnightrider said:thats probably it, i remember reading about the one in upper st marys a while back and people were biatchin that it would go through their backyards and such.....
i guess they dont realize its not their land
In some places when the RR abandoned a rail line they put the land and the right of way up for sale. A lot of homeowner jumped at the chance because it was a great deal for them.PrepH4U said:From what I understand it is not thier land and some may be protesting because of the backyards and such. But I thought this had been put on hold as they were researching putting a commuter line there. :shrug:
St Mary's or Charles County? They have been working on the trail from Hughesville to Lexington Park for about 5 years now. So far you can go from Hughesville to Laurel Grove Park and maybe even further at this time. I heard there was going to be a rails to trails in Charles County but I have not heard any of the details.Bustem' Down said:I see houses in my area with signs up protesting Rails to Trails.
itsbob said:Huge program in PA.. they were trying to make hiking and biking trails from Eerie to Scranton. Where I lived I had over 20 miles of trails at the bottom of the hill I live on, shadowing the Allegheny RIver.. BEAUTIFUL bike rides.. over railroad trellis's.. through old tunnels, along aold estates..