TRCA Neighborhood News: CCPCA Sidewalk Effort

[jagchad at comcast.net]

TRCA Friends & Neighbors-- 

I hope this note finds you happy, healthy and not too chilly as we enter the holiday season. 

Those who attended TRCA's Fall general meeting may recall that John Irvine -- the President of the Clover-College Park Civic Association -- presented us with an opportunity to help convince the City to put a sidewalk in on Cambridge Road, primarily in aid of pedestrians commuting to MacArthur Elementary School. Our members/attendees voted at that time to support this effort so critical to the safety of CCPCA's and TRCA's children, caregivers, and parents by way of letter or other advocacy. TRCA sent the City such a letter of support, which I presented at a CCPCA meeting. 

As you will see from John's email below, the City is now poised to install a sidewalk along Cambridge that will keep pedestrians out of harm's way without damaging existing private property and greenery. Vehicular traffic should also suffer no appreciable harm or inconvenience. This represents a victory for all of us, but we owe a special debt of gratitude to John and CCPCA for their leadership and persistence. Thank you CCPCA! 

Best regards-- 

-- 
Chad Sarchio 
President, TRCA 

----- Forwarded Message ----- 
From: "John Irvine" <ji at tugboatpr.com> 
To: "CCPCA Events" <CCPCA_Events at googlegroups.com> 
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 2:10:14 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Cambridge Sidewalks to be Installed: 'No tree/shrub to be harmed' 


Good afternoon, neighbors! 

I am happy to report that the City will be moving forward with installing continuous sidewalks on the West side of the 300 and 400 blocks of Cambridge Road--as requested/supported by an overwhelming majority of Clover-College Park residents. The sidewalks will be installed sometime over the next three months, weather dependent. 

This past Wednesday night, on Nov-19, neighbors living on or alongside of the 300 and 400 blocks of Cambridge Road attended a meeting with the City of Alexandria. At that meeting, the City revealed a new option (a.k.a. Option #5) that they will move forward with. NOTE: Not one tree or shrub will be harmed with this option. 

Specifically, Option #5 involves placing a 4-foot wide sidewalk in the street--this option does not require retaining walls. 3-hour parking will only be permitted on the East side of Cambridge Road. This option can be viewed at the bottom of the following Web page: http://alexandriava.gov/localmotion/info/default.aspx?id=11552 

I would like to thank every resident in the Clover-College Park neighborhood who participated in the process, as well as our friends and neighbors in the MacArthur School PTA, the Bishop Ireton PTO and the Taylor Run Citizen's Association. 

Our community is on its way to becoming better connected, and more importantly, safer for the school children. 

Have a safe and wonderful weekend! 

Sincerely, 
John Irvine, CCPCA Pres. 
310 Yale Drive 

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