Comments on: Connector Road Letter http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/226/ Helping imagine a great college town for a great university Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:03:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Anita Brown http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/226/comment-page-1/#comment-183499 Anita Brown Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:41:51 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/226/#comment-183499 I've heard that the connector road is a no go, is this correct? I’ve heard that the connector road is a no go, is this correct?

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]]> By: Douglas A. Willinger http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/226/comment-page-1/#comment-183336 Douglas A. Willinger Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:31:24 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/226/#comment-183336 What option have they selected? Why run it via a new right of way instead of the available space within the PEPECO right of way? And has any thought been given to shifting this increased traffic along Adelphi Road away from the houses via a widening to the north and making the existing southbound roadway local access? What option have they selected?

Why run it via a new right of way instead of the available space within the PEPECO right of way?

And has any thought been given to shifting this increased traffic along Adelphi Road away from the houses via a widening to the north and making the existing southbound roadway local access?

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]]> By: Mote’s Connector Road Letter at Rethink College Park http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/226/comment-page-1/#comment-2158 Mote’s Connector Road Letter at Rethink College Park Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:16:38 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2006/226/#comment-2158 [...] We reported the other week that University President Dan Mote sent a letter to the College Park City Council supporting the continued project planning for the I-95 Connector Road. There’s nothing too surprising in the letter considering that the university administration has alway pointed to the project as the “only solution” to CP’s traffic woes. One interesting thing is that while Mote supports the phasing of the Route 1 reconstruction he seems skeptical that even the first segment (College Ave to 193) will be funded anytime soon. “Should a shorter first segment prove desirable,” Mote says in the letter, then the University supports a project from College Ave to just north of Paint Branch Parkway. While there would be some clear pedestrian improvements from such a project, we’d like to point out to administrators that that segment of Route 1 already has a median. It may not be pretty, but this existing median provides just the sort of safety improvements needed all along the roadway and especially in the fast growing area around the University View. “the proposed US 1 project does not provide the critically needed capacity improvements for access to and from the State’s flagship university, improvements that only the I-95 Connector Road can provide.” [...] [...] We reported the other week that University President Dan Mote sent a letter to the College Park City Council supporting the continued project planning for the I-95 Connector Road. There’s nothing too surprising in the letter considering that the university administration has alway pointed to the project as the “only solution” to CP’s traffic woes. One interesting thing is that while Mote supports the phasing of the Route 1 reconstruction he seems skeptical that even the first segment (College Ave to 193) will be funded anytime soon. “Should a shorter first segment prove desirable,” Mote says in the letter, then the University supports a project from College Ave to just north of Paint Branch Parkway. While there would be some clear pedestrian improvements from such a project, we’d like to point out to administrators that that segment of Route 1 already has a median. It may not be pretty, but this existing median provides just the sort of safety improvements needed all along the roadway and especially in the fast growing area around the University View. “the proposed US 1 project does not provide the critically needed capacity improvements for access to and from the State’s flagship university, improvements that only the I-95 Connector Road can provide.” [...]

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