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Rails/Trails Commission vote a bust for rail fans in California
The Joint Powers Agency responsible for development of the Southern
Pacific right-of-way from Sacramento to Lake Tahoe, CA recently voted 4-1 to remove the rails between Shingle Springs and El Dorado Hills, CA (about 12 miles). They are going to leave the rails in place between Diamond Springs and Shingle Springs (10 miles). It's being called "the Shingle Springs compromise". The rail fans had wanted the rails left in place for the entire distance, and were bitterly disappointed with the lopsided vote. To me, the real question is why their supporter on the Commission, Supervisor Sweeney, didn't realize that he would lose the vote. He is a rather successful local politician and quite smart. He must have realized he was bluffing and didn't have the votes, but he let the issue go to a vote anyway. Afterward he announced that he is going to resign from the Commission. The rail fans' plans for excursion trains, etc. using the rails were considered by the hikers, cyclists and others to be largely pipe dreams. |
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Rails/Trails Commission vote a bust for rail fans in California
I hope I'm not talking to myself, but I thought the following letter
to the editor of the local newspaper was interesting (especially the comments to it): http://www.mtdemocrat.com/opinion/su...eaking-hearts/ IMHO, the rail fans are not good neighbors because they've tried to foul the MTB trail alongside the tracks between Diamond Springs and Shingle Springs, and because they've apparently refused to accept the Board of Supervisors' decision. This seems to be the reason why Supervisor Sweeney resigned from the joint powers agency. All of the rail fans' arguments received a full and fair hearing before the Supervisors' Trail Committee, and now they're just re-hashing them in a letter writing campaign to the editor of the local paper. |
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