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Originally Posted by no-engine
COMPROMISES!
Please. I don't know why I come here to read, and then joined.
Right of ways, easements, paths, etc. all exist from compromises. Look at the amount of land improvement investments made within the Grouse Point area! One can walk, bicycle, or whatever down the tracks from either direction. I do not read or hear those people protesting the use of the tracks and accompanying land where sewer line exists. People used to drive autos down the path from the Meredith RR station to the houses at one-mile point, starting after the sewer line went in - illegal, but they did so. They were stopped; now they drive over the hill from Pemi Glass area on Rt 3. There must have been compromises with the developer of that high priced development!
The people at Meredith, Lake Shore Road, Grouse Point, Neal Shore, Needle Eye Road, Scenic Road, Weirs areas, the marinas, Hilliard Road and others on west side Paugus Bay, South Down Shores, and areas farther south, as Mass. Ave. Lakeport all purchased their properties and should have been well aware of their situations with RR and State sewer line. If they were not made aware by their representatives before taking ownership, they have issues with their advisers or lawyers.
Let's quit speculations, and participate in the compromises for the benefit of all, as was posted and asset to the communities.
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You have not answered the question regarding safety, nor the issue regarding the ugly chain link fence. I think that these are the compelling issues. It is easy to discuss the "benefit" to the community and if not for the train and the fence, it might be different. However, they are central to the point. A shoreline with a chain link fence is a blight to all. Today there is grass, trees and the train tracks. It is bucolic. Shall we add a little barbed wire to the top just to complete the effect?
In addition, you need to consider the fact that a number of the properties along the route are being taxed by the communities as "shore front". The tax premium tends to run about 30%. When a fence is constructed, this is no longer legally shore front as there is a constructed impediment between the property and the shoreline. All of these properties will have to be adjusted downward and there will be a reduction in the tax base.
Compromises...hmmm, you have not addressed the issues nor offered any compromises. This is not a simple issue and there is more to it than your singular opinion.
Jetskier
