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@Wayne, It was an audience member that proposed it & I was being slightly sarcastic about Chevy Chase. It does look like there's more than 900ft east of Connecticut Ave & they could unquestionably fit it west of Connecticut by taking over a chunk of the golf course. Turning the golf course into the maintenance yard would have a huge buffer between the yard and the nearest house. I know that this is not a serious idea, but it's worth noting that few seem to have a problem putting a multistory garage around 200ft from someone's home, but a private golf course is untouchable.

@Cyrus, I know this is part of the CSX plans, but the current Purple line plans will include a new bridge for the pedestrian/cycle trail to cross over the CSX tracks slightly west of the current Talbot bridge. Perhaps they are planning to make this bridge & the new Talbot bridge high enough to allow double-height freight cars, but it really doesn't look like that from the existing plans without radical changes & possibly even buying some houses in this area. If both the proposed trail bridge & the Talbot bridge disappear, then the trail would end at the CSX lines with absolutely no way to get to downtown silver spring. That's not going to happen.

by Dan H on Sep 23, 2011 10:36 pm • link • report