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Originally Posted by SAMIAM
Nine miles of chain link fence....I can hardly wait.
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If you will read the poem Mending Wall written by Derry NH native, Robert Frost, in 1914, you can visualize how "good fences make good neighbors."
The proposed safety fence to seperate the railroad tracks from the wow trail is only 5' high. Most abutting property slopes uphill from its' waterfront so it would overlook the fence. Every house lot will have a fence passage way to access their State of NH, leased waterfront area. For a way to improve the fence appearance abutters can grow rose vines up through the fence. Roses are low cost and grow very well on the sandy and sunny waterfront. Abutters can turn their little section of chain link fence into a five foot fence of roses that pretty's up the view, if they want to.
Just like the water in Lake Winnipesaukee belongs to all the people of NH, so does the railroad right-of-way. The abutter homeowner, in this situation, does not hold the right to an unobstructed waterfront view.
Plus, who knows, it may lead to a lower homeowner property value due to the nearby wow trail? On the other hand, maybe it will lead to a higher homeowner property value if the trail is considered a plus? The WOW Trail....well, before it was built, everyone was worried about all sorts of problems, but now that it has been in use for five years, everybody praises it........like wow?
