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The university worked to scuttle the entire trail.[/quote]
I don't believe that's true.    [/quote]

They did. Behind the scenes they were very forceful with DDOT. They threatened to sue to block the trail, even if it was routed away from their campus. They've also been strong advocates of complete demolition of the Foundry Branch bridge, which would ensure that a trail never went through there. They know that if part of the trail is built there will always be pressure to extend it to or near their campus so they want to kill it in the cradle.

They've been playing this game where in their public statements they insists that they only care about where the trail touches their campus but behind the scenes they've been working to block it. [/quote]

Even what they have said publicly is nothing short of disgusting. Georgetown U. absolutely needs to be lit up for the position it has taken on the trail. They claim to have adopted "sustainability" as a virtue but yet are working hard to make it as hard as possible to get to their campus by any other mode other than driving. They have the chutzpah to claim that a trail would be unsafe for pedestrians and cyclists whereas the death-trap that is the sidewalk on Canal Road isn't? What passes for policy making in this town - courtesy of the likes of Georgetown U., Bill Slover and his merry band of "Save Don't Pave"-rs, the LAB School, the Maret School, and so on and the clients they have cultivated in the DC government - should appall everyone.[/quote]

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