Rails to Trails converted to Dump

"mary" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I am not saying that this is a good or bad thing, but I think you mis-read
some things:

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In todays Pittsburgh newspaper there was an article about how almost six
miles of a rails-to-trails was

"might be" not "was"

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converted to a landfill.

Not quite. The trail will be converted back to rail for hauling trash.

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Reading the story
shocked me because our local politicans keep telling us how important such
trails are to the community, but when a "developer" wants the land then
they
whistle another tune. Has anything like this happened to other trails? See
link below for story.

Tom

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04298/400736.stm

I wonder what approval the people had to turn the space into trials, if any?

--
Scott Ehardt
http://www.scehardt.com

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Reading the story
shocked me because our local politicans keep telling us
how important such trails are to the community, but when a
"developer" wants the land then they
whistle another tune. Has anything like this happened to
other trails? See link below for story.

I have truly enjoyed the sensationalism. They have
a right to restore the railroad. This is the deal.
I always enjoy people that renege on their agreements.
Such an attitude fosters outright abandonment and let
the weeds take it. Railroads might give more trackage
if they could back when they want it.

For a widely known trail that was taken back, look
at the Boston Post Road.

Bill