Text Box: October 2008 Text Box: up to the front parking lot of the park. The town noted that a NPS permit and compliance would be required as well as that the grade would be too steep to comply with ADA requirements. Council member Steve Matney told the town council at its September meeting that Glen Echo Park site manager Kym Elder had told him that there was no agreement by NPS for the county to go though the park’s section. He also said he would like to know why the middle section of the bike path was being done first. The town’s letter noted that the plan does not address the Route 29 bus stop, which presumably would have to be moved. Also of concern was the necessity for the bikeway planners to coordinate with the county’s storm abatement project between Goldsboro Rd. and Bannockburn Dr., the letter pointed out. The town noted that any reduction in visibility for motorists and bicyclists at the intersections of town streets with MacArthur Blvd. would be a problem The project was projected to cost $7.8 million. County executive Isiah Leggett will decide soon whether to move ahead on it. Text Box: Widening of a local portion of MacArthur Blvd. to accommodate bike lanes in both directions was discussed at a public meeting on September 11. The meeting was attended by town council members Eve Arber, Nancy Long, and Steve Matney. The design of the project was outlined at the meeting and was supported by most of the 25 people who attended, according to The Gazette. Burr Gray, president of the Cabin John Citizens Association, said the project was “hugely important to Cabin John and our community.” The widening and reconfiguration of the roadway would extend from Oberlin Ave. through Cabin John to the I-495 overpass. The project does not call for work on the portion of the boulevard between Oberlin and the D.C. line at this time. Three-foot wide bike lanes would be created by adding two feet of pavement on both sides of the road and reducing both vehicle lanes from 11 to 10 feet. The turn lane into Wilson La. would also be reconfigured, according to the article. In a letter to County Executive Isiah Leggett, the Town of Glen Echo expressed concern about issues that directly affect the town. Of “paramount concern,” the letter from Mayor Debbie Beers said, was the environmental impact of the area at the trestle over Minnehaha Creek in Glen Echo Park. The project envisions the bikeway veering from its present location east of Oxford Rd. and descending onto NPS property and across the trolley trestle bridge over Minnehaha Creek and then Text Box: DESIGN OF BIKEWAY PROJECT OUTLINED AT COMMUNITY MEET By Sophie Keefer and Carlotta Anderson Text Box: COME TO THE HALLOWEEN PARTY OCTOBER 31, 5:00 P.M. GLEN ECHO TOWN HALL