tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post8055680248853871396..comments2008-08-22T00:55:25.977-04:00dan reed!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-90332463092954530442008-08-22T00:55:00.000-04:002008-08-22T00:55:00.000-04:00Nothing- but nothing- that exists in the corridor between Baltimore and Washington ought to be considered "rural". Burtonsville's rural character disappeared a long, long time ago when 29 was widened to 6 lanes. It's a halfway mark. Konterra won't ruin its rural character. Baltimore and Washington will.Dave Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07331653772702609738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-36685400310179868332008-08-18T14:36:00.000-04:002008-08-18T14:36:00.000-04:00Dan, <BR/><BR/>While on the subject of Burtonsville never being the same again (and you not being able to wait)...<BR/><BR/>I was just up the pike out to Burtonsville and beyond, on a mission of utmost secrecy entirely unrelated to anything international. Both times I just had to stop off at the Dutch Country market and buy some produce. <BR/><BR/>On the way back home, I noticed that there was yet-another public notice of hearing to be held on the matter of Mr Jones and the shopping center there. It seems he wants to get out of building a path or somesuch. <BR/><BR/>Evidently there are going to be a lot of hearings before much of anything happens at that shopping center. The Dutch County market was full of signs to the effect of "we'll be here until further notice, thanks for your loyalty". <BR/><BR/>As long as there was no real hurry to any plans to do with that center, I decided to reconnoiter along the path of my proposed straightening-out of MD-198 along a straight line from the MD-29 underpass to rejoin the old Spencerville Road alignment at roughly Kruhm Road. Well, it looks like we'd have to kiss some houses goodbye along Winifred Road. Other than that, there are so few structures along the way that it seems almost as if planners had long expected such a straightening of Spencerville Road through Burtonsville, and sensibly didn't build there.<BR/><BR/>But wait! -while driving up Santini Road, it appears there's a proposal to go before the MNCPPC folks about turning the Athey property into a 12-home cluster development.<BR/><BR/>That's smart, folks, let's plant some new McMansions right in the only space left that would serve the purpose of ameliorating Burtonsville's crushing traffic woes.<BR/><BR/>Totally unrelated to Burtonsville, I suggest that folks take a drive along Batchellor's Forest Road between Norbeck and Olney. Those last farm fields out that way look to soon be even more oversize tract housing.Thomas Hardmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07951423786343852055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-11277623263951016482008-08-18T09:00:00.000-04:002008-08-18T09:00:00.000-04:00Randomly, I have a photo included in the Schmap Guide for Chicago.Sligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18201229508558436514noreply@blogger.com