So the bike path will be on the lake side of the tracks right? And the fence will be between the path and the tracks. Are you seriously saying that no one will swim from the bike path? No one will bike down the path, find a nice spot and dive in? That is one good reason to build the trail.
I see dozens of people walking down the shoulders of the track today and swimming. BTW I never checked there leases or insurance.
Woodsy says that the track is open to the public in the winter, is he lying? Or do all those winter people have to have leases and insurance.
Personally I think that fence component of the bike path makes it ugly and very undesirable. But I love the idea of a hiking trail along the waterfront.
Lets face facts, the tracks and the land that they are on belong to the state of NH. Eventually the tourist railroad will lose interest and their lease will expire, they can't be making that much money and tourism is a fickle industry.
At that point, should the state give away 9 miles of prime water front? The land owners may have lost that land to eminent domain years ago but they were compensated, maybe they will pay to get it back or maybe it will become a 9 mile long park.
On the crime front, it's hard for me to believe that crime will be a big issue. The track/trail is right out in the open.
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