[Greenway-board] Next American Tobacco Trail I-40 Bridge Meeting April 29 7 pm Durham City Council Chambers

[Bill Bussey]

Hi Friends of the American Tobacco Trail,

Permission is given and encouraged to post this on any listserves that 
have an interest in the completion of the American Tobacco Trail.

Mark your calendars!  The second Community Meeting about the *planned 
pedestrian and bicycle bridge crossing of I-40 for the American Tobacco 
Trail (ATT) will be at **7PM on Tuesday, April 29, 2008*.  This time the 
meeting will be held in the larger City Council chambers on the first 
floor of Durham City Hall (101 City Hall Plaza) in downtown Durham.

This meeting, which will be hosted by the City of Durham Department of 
Public Works (and facilitated by Steven Grover and Associates) will 
focus on a selection of bridge concepts and designs for this long 
anticipated bicycle and pedestrian bridge.

This is your opportunity to get information -and more importantly - 
offer feedback, suggestions, thoughts, concerns, ideas, needs, goals, 
desires and other input to help make this bridge and connecting trail, 
the absolute best it can be.
 
We hope we'll have a standing room only crowd at this meeting as it 
sends a clear signal to elected officials, the media and public at large 
that there is significant demand for this project and for it to be 
completed as soon as possible.  
 
Please share this information with everyone you know who is interested 
in the ATT and in improved pedestrian and bicycle access in the region.
 
Should you have any questions or input regarding this meeting, please 
contact Byron Brady, PD CPESC, Contract Engineer, City of Durham at 919 
560-4326 x 296 or byron.brady AT durham.gov <mailto:byron.brady at durham.gov>.

If you can't make this meeting, feel free to contact Mr. Brady at the 
above address. Better yet, contact the Durham City Council 
<mailto:council at ci.durham.nc.us> (this address sends your message to all 
of the Durham City Council) and tell them how much you want the ATT I-40 
bridge AND trail built as quickly as possible. At a conservative 10% 
inflation rate, this bridge and trail project increases in price at 
about $1800 per DAY!

You might also ask them to attend the meeting as well.

If you have any questions regarding this message, or want to chat about 
the trail or bridge, or don't know who to ask or talk to about your 
ideas or concerns, please feel free to contact Bill Bussey Triangle 
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy 919 545-9104 
americantobaccotrail at embarqmail.com 
<mailto:americantobaccotrail at embarqmail.com> or Dan Clever 919 286 3827 
daclever@ gmail.com <mailto:daclever at gmail.com> 
 
You can print out our latest ATT map *right now* at 
http://www.triangletrails.org/ATT.HTM . Click on both links under the 
thumbnail for both sides of the map.

For more information on the American Tobacco Trail please see our 
website at www.triangletrails.org <http://www.triangletrails.org/> .

See you there!
 
Dan Clever
Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
919 286-3827

Bill Bussey
Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
919 545-9104
americantobaccotrail at embarqmail.com 
<mailto:americantobaccotrail at embarqmail.com>
 
www.triangletrails.org <http://www.triangletrails.org/>
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