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Re: Maps and Problems with Rockaway ROW

Posted by WillD on Sun Jul 23 18:00:08 2006, in response to Re: Maps and Problems with Rockaway ROW, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Jul 23 17:28:00 2006.

Nobody is saying to do any of that. However, they are a minority when compared to the many people who are stuck riding cruddy busses across Queens, and as a minority they should not be allowed to dictate terms to the rest of the borough. Their position is somewhat mindboggling when you consider that an LRT built along the Rockaway Line would greatly increase their property value. Of course you've simply accepted their objections at face value, and in the absense of any response from the MTA or municipal government that's all that is out there. NIMBYs will always bitch, and the only way things will ever actually get done will be for those people who will benefit to override the much smaller group of people who may have their neighborhoods disrupted. In any event any disruption would be extremely minor since we're talking a grade separated right of way with room for trees to dampen noise, and an LRT built atop the ROW would have a fairly simple and quick construction period.

Now, since somebody around here wants to destroy the embankment, and then dig down another 12 to 20 feet to build an open cut or cut and cover subway perhaps he could explain how that would be cheaper or less disruptive.

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