by ffmike9
Here's a couple pictures of the Mt. Division trail in Maine. It parallels the old Maine Central Mt. Division. Who says you can't have a trail along side a railroad. Tony G. any comments?
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lvrr325 wrote:Just for what it's worth.
There's a paved foot trail from a shopping plaza in Mattydale (just north of Syracuse) back down along I-81 complete with an expensive overpass to cross the Thruway, down to 7th North Street.
In the middle of this busy area, I never see anyone using it, except last week one guy walking his dog. This even though it passes a school and a residential neighborhood and connects to places to shop or eat at both ends.
Part of the fence (perhaps 50 feet) separating it from I-81 fell down; it just needs some clips to attach the mesh to the posts. It's been that way for months.
Of course, in the winter it's covered in snow, it's not plowed or shoveled. And no snowmobiles nearby to go 75 MPH on it and crash into things and kill the drivers.
But, you know, if you build trails people will come and use them, or some nonsense like that. Even in this day and age of gas near $4.00 a gallon.
alzubal wrote:No tracks means atv's and dirt bikes big pot holes and a trail so rough you can't walk ro ride a bicycle.And I'll bet you vote, too. The current UMP lists your choice as one of the possibilities, and then rejects it outright. Of course, Tony and friends are trying to get the UMP changed. Once you open THAT up, all sorts of possibilities arise, e.g. no tracks, forever wild, no snowmobiles, no trail.
I vote no tracks it should become forever wild like the rest of the park.
Al