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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It frequently takes my dd 45-60 minutes to get to extra curriculars ar Marshall in the 5-6:00 hour. Perhaps we should start a petition to close the ramp to 495 from route 7. It’s unfair for us to be sooooo inconvenienced. There is no other way to get in and out of the school other than using route 7. And if the ramp at Georgetown pike is closed, then the traffic will move to route 7 to get onto the beltway.[/quote]

Except that GTP is two lanes and Route 7 is eight lanes, so no one on Route 7 is trapped the way that GTP people are trapped.  Plus, now most every route, including Route 7 - has sidewalks, but most of GTP does not have sidewalks, not the abutting neighborhoods, so traffic in that particular area is a legitimate safety issue. Apples and oranges. Know what you are talking about before you prattle on.[/quote]

Wow. Who do you think has been fighting sidewalks and the widening of GTP all these years. Hint: not Marshall families.[/quote]

You are completely uninformed.  GTPike is a federally protected history road.  Today's families had NOTHING to do with that designation.  The prevents any widening.  And even if you wanted to widen it, the topography makes it virtually impossible and the amount of land that would have to be seized via eminent domain is ridiculous.  Not to mention you'd lose the brand new fire station in Great Falls, much of the businesses there and the library.  What a foolish comment you have made.  As for sidewalks, there is a sidewalk leading a good portion of the Pike inside the Beltway to LHS.  So please stick to topics you might know something about.  Clearly this is not one of them. [/quote]

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