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Masa Critica
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Looks like we've got a bike trail controvery brewing in Omaha. I was on Happy Hollow Road the other
day and saw some signs up on people's lawns, saying "STOP TRAIL" and either "Save Our Neighborhood"
or "Save Our Trees." There was a phone number, but nobody answered.
So I picked up a local neighborhood newsletter (of the "Dundee-Memorial Park Association") to see
whether there was any info about it. I found out that it's in reference to extending the Elmwood
Trail from Memorial Park to Saddle Creek, by way of Happy Hollow Road. They set up a website:
http://dundee-memorialpark.org/trailwatch.htm
The extension will ultimately connect up with Fontenelle and points north. Here's a description
from the Nebraska Department of Roads, who calls it the "Omaha Inner City Trail": "$329,270 for
preliminary engineering and construction of a trail connecting Memorial Park and Fontenelle Park
in Omaha. The proposed 1.7 mile, 8-foot wide trail is located along Happy Hollow Boulevard
beginning at the north end of Memorial Park and ending at Northwest Radial Highway just north of
[Decatur] Street."
This is all informative, but I still don't have any idea who's objecting to the trail or why. I
called a few times, but nobody's answered the phone number on the signs. I saw a brief TV news
segment in which a woman mentioned "safety factors," but there's been no other coverage.
Does anyone know what the controversy's all about?
day and saw some signs up on people's lawns, saying "STOP TRAIL" and either "Save Our Neighborhood"
or "Save Our Trees." There was a phone number, but nobody answered.
So I picked up a local neighborhood newsletter (of the "Dundee-Memorial Park Association") to see
whether there was any info about it. I found out that it's in reference to extending the Elmwood
Trail from Memorial Park to Saddle Creek, by way of Happy Hollow Road. They set up a website:
http://dundee-memorialpark.org/trailwatch.htm
The extension will ultimately connect up with Fontenelle and points north. Here's a description
from the Nebraska Department of Roads, who calls it the "Omaha Inner City Trail": "$329,270 for
preliminary engineering and construction of a trail connecting Memorial Park and Fontenelle Park
in Omaha. The proposed 1.7 mile, 8-foot wide trail is located along Happy Hollow Boulevard
beginning at the north end of Memorial Park and ending at Northwest Radial Highway just north of
[Decatur] Street."
This is all informative, but I still don't have any idea who's objecting to the trail or why. I
called a few times, but nobody's answered the phone number on the signs. I saw a brief TV news
segment in which a woman mentioned "safety factors," but there's been no other coverage.
Does anyone know what the controversy's all about?