05-14-2014, 01:58 PM
Frankie, thanks for the clarification on Railroad. It is often referred to as an easy way to do this, but there are a lot of reasons that it wouldn't work. Also, the CDP (if it has any relevance any more) designates Railroad as a hike and bike trail, which would be a very suitable use of it, IMHO.
I would only add that not all the opposition in HPP is NIMBY, strictly speaking. There were people against it who lived far from any conceivable route. Also, several people on the HPP committee who initially favored it or were neutral ended up signing the letter of opposition to the Governor. Two of them tole me that was because the county was unwilling to have a really transparent dialog on what they wanted to build.
I would only add that not all the opposition in HPP is NIMBY, strictly speaking. There were people against it who lived far from any conceivable route. Also, several people on the HPP committee who initially favored it or were neutral ended up signing the letter of opposition to the Governor. Two of them tole me that was because the county was unwilling to have a really transparent dialog on what they wanted to build.