wow trail opposed

brk-lnt · 03-12-2009, 07:53 PM

Interesting. I heard this project was all but dead. Seems some (many) of the pledged donations aren't coming through as planned.

fatlazyless · 03-13-2009, 08:12 AM

No doubt, there wil be some more newspaper articles on the prospects of getting construction money from the federal government.

Belknap County has the state's second highest unemployment rate after Coos County, which is the northern most county. To employ additional workers, maybe the federal gov can demand WOW Trail construction digging all done by hand with no machine back-hoe diggers.....just locals with picks & shovels & wheel barrows...the feds is hiring....it's time to go get on that there shovel gang...and start swing'n a pick and digg'n the ground on up wit a shovel....Probably, when the railroad built the embankments 125 years ago, it was all done by hand labor.

What's the NH minimum wage now.....is it $7.15/hour?

Seems like the WOW Trail should qualify as a "shovel-ready" project.

Hey there....here's a shovel....now, go get busy!

fatnoah · 03-17-2009, 01:15 PM

It seems like the real issue is that a compromise is needed. On one hand, I sympathize with the SDS types who don't want a fence, but on the other hand, the train was there well before SDS. If I was buying lakefront property for the views, I would be very concerned that a strip of land I don't own is between me and the water.

As another poster said, there must be a better way to keep kids, etc. from running onto the tracks without installing an eyesore.

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brk-lnt Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: South Down Shores Posts: 1,948 Thanks: 545 Thanked 570 Times in 335 Posts	Interesting. I heard this project was all but dead. Seems some (many) of the pledged donations aren't coming through as planned. __________________ [insert witty phrase here]

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fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,176 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,103 Times in 812 Posts	....all built by hand....no machines... No doubt, there wil be some more newspaper articles on the prospects of getting construction money from the federal government. Belknap County has the state's second highest unemployment rate after Coos County, which is the northern most county. To employ additional workers, maybe the federal gov can demand WOW Trail construction digging all done by hand with no machine back-hoe diggers.....just locals with picks & shovels & wheel barrows...the feds is hiring....it's time to go get on that there shovel gang...and start swing'n a pick and digg'n the ground on up wit a shovel....Probably, when the railroad built the embankments 125 years ago, it was all done by hand labor. What's the NH minimum wage now.....is it $7.15/hour? Seems like the WOW Trail should qualify as a "shovel-ready" project. Hey there....here's a shovel....now, go get busy! __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store! Last edited by fatlazyless; 03-13-2009 at 09:03 AM.

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03-17-2009, 01:15 PM	#3
fatnoah Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 37 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	It seems like the real issue is that a compromise is needed. On one hand, I sympathize with the SDS types who don't want a fence, but on the other hand, the train was there well before SDS. If I was buying lakefront property for the views, I would be very concerned that a strip of land I don't own is between me and the water. As another poster said, there must be a better way to keep kids, etc. from running onto the tracks without installing an eyesore.