> ** Proprietary **
>
> with regard to the corridor issue....
>
> as a former pullman resident, now a moscow resident, i am honestly
> very puzzled by the opposition to the use of the rail right of way as a
> bike trail. i can't imagine how the elimination of rail (noisy and ground
> shaking) (i lived adjacent to rail in spokane for four years, and can attest
> to pictures falling off walls, etc) in favor of bicycles (so quiet you don't
> notice they are there) could possibly result in LOWER property values.
If a bicycle trail is run through the corridor, it will inhibit the
land from being converted to its highest and best use in the eyes of
the owners, that is, commercial/ industrial, which sells for big $,
so that the owners can take up residence in Palm Springs, far from
any RR tracks.
Cynically yours,
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