Without it, I would have had to walk 0.2 extra miles!
Day 133
Save the Crow Road!
August 6th, 2010
I'm walking across America.
That's the idea, at least. I'm walking westward from New York City for nine months or so. If everything goes according to plan, I'll be in Oregon when the clock runs out. If nothing goes according to plan, maybe I'll end up in Peru or Mongolia or Pennsylvania. You can read all about the details of my trip if you're so inclined.
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Here's my progress so far:
BEING FIRST TO COMMENT IS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GETS SHUT DOWN OR CLOSED NOT MANY PEOPLE SPEAK UP ANYMORE. IN LOKING AT MATT’S PICTURES A ROUTE OF NICE LANDSCAPE WILL BE DONE AWAY WITH. KEEP UP NICE PICTURES MAYBE POLITICIANS WILL NOTICE AND QUIT SHUTTING DOWN EVERY ROAD TO SAVE FEW COINS.
I’m number two and feeling good about it….Blocked as always….but you know what is a extra 2/10 of a mile when you just did 2500….well those boots could use the break…so detour is good.
What does it mean by vacation – does that mean they won’t maintain it henceforth?
Yup, they want to abandon it. Probably for the more oft-used road .2 miles away.
I think it’s good that you got to use the road now… and not have to walk any extra steps… we could sign petitions to save the road!
A “vacation” is to redesignate right-of-way which allows for public unfettered use to private property. This is the legal way to remove a road and re-define the land beneath it. Right-of-way allows for the placement of public utiltiies, including gas, water, electrical, street lights, etc.
Normally, when a road is “vacated” the adjacent property owner has the opportunity to buy the land for their use. This can very well be a situation where there were previous plans to relocate the road somewhere else and swap the land where the new road will be for this existing road.
John K. – Licensed Civil Engineer