Comments on: TOWN COUNCIL $96,000 Peach to Washington Sidewalk Study Approved

By: Judy McKnight

Judy McKnight — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:47:19 +0000

I understand there is a disagreement between the review board and the CC hotel. There must be a way to solve it that does not involve denying the occupancy permit and shutting down a business recently featured in the Washington Post.

Then there are the plans for sidewalks and trails. I only hope that what is planned will first ensure that every block throughout town has sidewalks. I second the suggestion that putting sidewalks to Heritage Acres has to be a top priority. A question above asked why there were not sidewalks on all blocks in town. I think we all the know the answer to that. Please make sidewalks a top priority too, then focus on the “trails.”

As a bike rider, I think of the trails as walking, biking, and golf cart trails. I love the cut through over the railroad tracks that allows me to avoid the hump. Even though it is rough now, I am happy to hear that improvements are in the plan, but sidewalks where needed, first.

I love our library too. The folks who work there are wonderful. We clearly need more space. How sad the “county library board” wouldn’t support the idea of our fixing up the Old Cape Charles School and moving our library in there. That still sounds ideal. I guess the current plan is to move it to the Bank Building. Seems sad to lose such impressive, valuable, taxable, commercial space. And I worry about safety too. I can imagine kids walking to the library and playing in the park. I don’t want to think of them hanging around the intersection of Strawberry and Mason.

By: Deborah Bender

Deborah Bender — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:36:43 +0000

If this is the same engineering group that planned the park I sure wouldn’t hire them. There is always standing water at the park after it rains. I would have to question if the town got bids for this job or just hired the same people as before. It seems to me that they should get bids.

By: Sarah Morgan

Sarah Morgan — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:19:56 +0000

Some Town Council members seem to have hidden agendas regarding the CC School–why on earth would you want more apartment space–presumably more expensive than many local residents can afford–when there are so many empty Bay Creek condos and houses? If this is supposed to be “affordable housing,” here’s hoping that the salaries of the hard-working Shore folks go up, too, so they can indeed afford to live here.

By: Sandy Mayer

Sandy Mayer — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 05:13:21 +0000

Does anyone know why some sidewalks simply end and if you do not walk to the street to continue you have to walk through someone’s yard to continue to the next sidewalk, especially on Monroe? Consequently people just walk down the street all the time. Why were the sidewalks not built to be continuous?

By: Bob Panek

Bob Panek — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:32:55 +0000

HUB Zone, not HUD Zone.

(EDITOR: Thanks for the clarification. The story has been corrected, and background information on HUB Zones added.)