wow trail opposed

[jetskier]

Originally Posted by no-engine

I have x-c skied along the SDS RR tracks in winter, from Laconia Country Club to Hilliard Road I think it's called. One can not be stopped for trespassing. Does the sewer line follow the tracks, as I do not recall there. It does in Meredith to Weirs! From there it must be along that side of Paugus Bay! Where else, but the tracks for the interceptor line to the Winnipesaukee River Basin Regional Treatment Plant in Franklin?

Far too numerous to count, I have been on the tracks & adjacent sewer line from Meredith to Weirs and along Scenic Road to Lakeside Road in to the heart of "Weirs" area. All public ways through Grousse Point, Needle Eye Road, Neal Shores areas and other sites along the route. I even chatted with home owners. The time of year has been summer on a bicycle or walking, and winter on X-C skis or snowshoes - never motorized, but there are also snow machines in winter and off road dirt motorbikes bikes in summer. All users I've seen treat neighboring private property with respect, staying on the public ways!

I don't think any land-owner association, land owner, community, or whatever group can possibly say no trespassing, along the RR and/or sewer right of ways.

I've also been on the former tracks now multi-use path in Somerville, Arlington, Watertown, etc. Very nice for all uses!

WOW should move forward and the SDS communities should agree and join in peacefully; in the end it'll actually benefit those unit owners, with the abundance of uses to enjoy!

You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but....

I have ridden the tracks in the winter on my snowmobile and they are not groomed. The only thing to watch out for is other snowmobiles and x-country skiiers.

In the summer, there are trains, marina operations and folks crossing to get to the shore line. Add in a trail with cross traffic and you have way too much going on in a restricted area. As I indicated, there will invariably be an accident and litigation. If you add the blight of fencing to a pristine shoreline, it all becomes a very bad idea.

Jetskier

[no-engine]

Originally Posted by jetskier

You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but....

I have ridden the tracks in the winter on my snowmobile and they are not groomed. The only thing to watch out for is other snowmobiles and x-country skiiers.

In the summer, there are trains, marina operations and folks crossing to get to the shore line. Add in a trail with cross traffic and you have way too much going on in a restricted area. As I indicated, there will invariably be an accident and litigation. If you add the blight of fencing to a pristine shoreline, it all becomes a very bad idea.

Jetskier

Looks like the entire issue needs many compromises. Can the State the municipal authorities, leaseholders, abutting land owners, and users meet and plan the benefits to all possible ones involved?

Is WOW, in fact, planning fences along the proposed routes? I wanted to attend one of the hearings, but did not. The section in Somerville & Arlington, MA I have been on is fenced with periodic openings. On Cape Cod, I see multi-use trails paralleling the streets in some places, with appropriate signs at crossings and such.

I think I was stating the facts about my personal uses of the right of ways - rail road and adjacent paths including parallel sewer lines. I think my only opinion was that I envisioned an added benefit to the uses of the multi use trail all year long, if I had access if I was near an entry to the trail, or lived within SDS, or any of the previous mentioned communities. In a way, I do have easy access, but do not abut any track or right of way. One can park at Meredith Marina, or along side roads, the bend in Scenic Road just near Tamarack, Lakeport train station and multitude other spots. I did once live in a water front condo apartment: "our beach" was infringed upon, so I very well understand the concerns of people within any community such as Southdown Shores; I also know people living within SDS, Neal Shore Road, Grousse Point and other areas. All of whom I respect what they have in their private community.

The land owners along the waterfront path in Ogunquit, ME survive jointly with people on the path.

Same goes in Newport, RI, where path users are next to high valued private property.