In response to the special commentary of July 17 by Christian Hudson and DJ Hughes, I offer the following:
Your proposal to use the Georgetown-Lewes Rail Trail as a highway does not warrant serious consideration as you state in your commentary. Those of us who live next to the rail bed bought our homes with the understanding that a train would pass by, about once a month, on the rails.
Then, we were told that the railway was decommissioned and a trail for walking and biking was being built on the property. We never signed up for a highway!
You state that there is a state-owned 66-foot right of way to build your highway and bike trail. On paper, that may exist, but in reality, that would mean that homeowners would have a highway three feet from their porches. Most importantly, it seems that you are vetting this idea as a solution to the traffic congestion at Five Points.
Those of us who live here know that the traffic congestion at Five Points is a north-south problem, not an east-west one.
You stated in one of your posts that it would relieve congestion on Minos Conaway Road. Minos Conaway is never congested! I use that road daily.
Your proposal would make traveling from the west to the eastern shore easier, and I am sure that would be attractive to developers in the west. But, in reality, tiny Lewes Beach has reached or exceeded capacity. I just don't see how your proposal would do anything to relieve congestion and, in my opinion, would actually increase the traffic.
Lynn C. Barberi, Ed.D
Lewes
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